Comments on: Awesome Documentation http://www.rekeeb.com/2010/07/12/awesome-documentation/ A blog on design and technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:09:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kjeld http://www.rekeeb.com/2010/07/12/awesome-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-6825 Kjeld Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:31:33 +0000 http://www.rekeeb.com/?p=131650699#comment-6825 I think you are very wrong there. Relying on a "rockstar" for you core business is very risky. He/she can leave your company in distress if he she leaves. It also isn't scalable. People in the company should be able to be multiplied for more development power. Finding new bandmember for your rockstar formation is pretty hard and time consuming. Rockstars are very hard to come-by (these are the people which you should give "shares" to from the company to keep them) others should just be hired. Look at it from a company perspective and not from a programmer perspective. Getting a freelancer for some short extra power is an easy move. PS: The above is from experience in a real world situation. @Kjeld I think you are very wrong there. Relying on a “rockstar” for you core business is very risky. He/she can leave your company in distress if he she leaves.
It also isn’t scalable. People in the company should be able to be multiplied for more development power. Finding new bandmember for your rockstar formation is pretty hard and time consuming.

Rockstars are very hard to come-by (these are the people which you should give “shares” to from the company to keep them) others should just be hired.

Look at it from a company perspective and not from a programmer perspective. Getting a freelancer for some short extra power is an easy move.

PS: The above is from experience in a real world situation.

@Kjeld

]]> By: Patrick Beeker http://www.rekeeb.com/2010/07/12/awesome-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-6823 Patrick Beeker Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:09:33 +0000 http://www.rekeeb.com/?p=131650699#comment-6823 Lets assume for a moment you can choose from a non-certified rockstar programmer or a certified but average programmer to do the job? Certification IMO is a risk-reduction strategy for corporations. Hiring and mainting a rockstar programmer is much harder and potentially -- if managed properly -- pays itself back easily. I believe companies need to cultivate software development - not just hire a certified developer. Lets assume for a moment you can choose from a non-certified rockstar programmer or a certified but average programmer to do the job? Certification IMO is a risk-reduction strategy for corporations. Hiring and mainting a rockstar programmer is much harder and potentially — if managed properly — pays itself back easily. I believe companies need to cultivate software development – not just hire a certified developer.

]]> By: Kjeld http://www.rekeeb.com/2010/07/12/awesome-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-6822 Kjeld Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:51:27 +0000 http://www.rekeeb.com/?p=131650699#comment-6822 I like ZF. It stable loads of releases and suport also certification programs MVC model is beter now autoloaders are fine It takes getting used to but it holds up nicely I will use it extenscifly in the future for all my projects because I know the code and am able to hire certified programmers or to gef them certified. It is important if you want a suportable solution in the future. I would advice you to do the same. PS I still have to do it also ;) I like ZF. It stable loads of releases and suport also certification programs
MVC model is beter now autoloaders are fine
It takes getting used to but it holds up nicely I will use it extenscifly in the future for all my projects because I know the code and am able to hire certified programmers or to gef them certified. It is important if you want a suportable solution in the future. I would advice you to do the same. PS I still have to do it also ;)

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