Comment by aszen
5 years ago
It seems to like you are refactoring an existing application, I'm personally in the middle of something similar but rather than doing it solo, I'm trying to engage other Dev's, grab their interests by demoing the new architecture and see if I can get a few more hands on this work.
I'm doing all of this extra work because I think the best way to create value for a company is to make it easy for other/new developers to jump in to the project and contribute something of value quickly. My refactoring would have failed completely if other Dev's are not able to contribute the new code
> It seems to like you are refactoring an existing application, I'm personally in the middle of something similar but rather than doing it solo, I'm trying to engage other Dev's, grab their interests by demoing the new architecture and see if I can get a few more hands on this work.
The problem is they literally can't afford it. They looked at "near shoring" companies but they were too expensive. They said we got a quote for developers from another country who will do this work for $20/hour.
I explained that this has the potential of ruining a green-field project that absolutely needs to be architected and coded properly from the ground-up.
If we go that route the best I can do is enforce code standards and handle every pull-request.
These days you can hire from around the globe, instead of looking at off shoring companies, just look to hire a few talented people directly. Theres no reason a company can't afford to hire a few people remotely. Basically create a small team that is focused and invest in them.
Enforcing code standards and reviewing pull requests is a suitable role for a senior engineer. Not all things need to be architected, there's ton of glue stuff and features that can be developed by juniors provided the code around them is laid out nicely. Focus on the bigger picture, if u implement every little detail, then it starts to feel like everything is so important that it can only be done by you. That's a trap.
I've never seen so many job opportunities in my life. Getting what you want out of employment right now should be as easy as filling up on vitamin D; just walk out the door.
Could you expand on why you seem to think (if I’ve interpreted your words correctly), that a project is potentially doomed if the programmers aren’t from your country? That sounds awfully prejudicial to me.