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What if the new model for software development is you join a "band" with a lead singer, a drummer, etc. Five guys in the band. The band answers to no one. They
by andrewfromx 10y ago
What if the new model for software development is you join a "band" with a lead singer, a drummer, etc. Five guys in the band. The band answers to no one. They are never employees of any of the companies they work for. Some bands can headline and charge $1,000,000 for a project that will only take them two weeks cuz they are that fucking good. And that same million often goes to mediocre programmers and takes TWO years vs two weeks. And the final product something isn't even as good as the rock star programmer band.
I.e. Let's hollywoodize the programming industry with crews that work gigs. There are major gigs that pay big league dollars and agents and managers negotiate these deals.
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoI was under the impression this is what vendors and contractors did; or even outsourcing companies.
- andrewfromx 10y agowell they often have more than 5 and their teams are often terrible.
- andrewfromx 10y agoi'm talking about paying a premium for a team that works well together and has been doing so for years. That's worth gold.
- bbcbasic 10y ago2 weeks instead of 2 years? Probably only possible if team B really sucks or than B is ok but team A aggressively descoped or used off the shelf solutions i.e. procurement over coding. Which I guess is valuable in a way.