[Discuss] Software Programmer Contract Position

[Craig Miller]

Good info. Thanks Daren & Peter. I'll get back to my friend with your
comments.

Craig...
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On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 2:41 PM Darren Duncan <darren at darrenduncan.net>
wrote:

> On 2020-01-31 8:49 a.m., Craig Miller wrote:
> >     So, we are trying to figure out how to hire another programmer who
> can work
> >     full time for say 4-6 months under AOT's direction but be cost
> effective for
> >     us.  I've resolved this down to 2 approaches.  Either fund a co-op
> term
> >     project, or go offshore (India probably).  The latter worries me, as
> an
> >     offshore resource is hard to manage productively without face-to-face
> >     conversation.
>
>  From what I understand of how things work, "offshore" should simply not
> even be
> an option, that's most likely to yield low quality work that you'd have to
> redo.
>
> You can definitely do remote work, but the remote location should be
> somewhere
> nearby.  One doesn't have to physically be in Victoria but they can be
> within a
> few hours travel and within a timezone or so, Canada preferably or US.
> You can
> face-to-face with Zoom etc quite easily.
>
> So someone similar enough to yourself, not required to relocate, would
> make them
> happier and you would save money versus them having the hassle of
> relocation.
>
> -- Darren Duncan
>
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