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> Can you re-assure me that most developers think like you do? I am genuinely nervous about it bringing someone else to work on the product for this reason alon

by columbo 14y ago

> Can you re-assure me that most developers think like you do? I am genuinely nervous about it bringing someone else to work on the product for this reason alone. Is the offer a full-ime living wage that is competitive in your area? If so make them sign the typical "Anything you do during company hours is owned by the company". Easy. If you aren't then you'll need to bring something to the table otherwise you'll have scared away the right 2/3rds of the standard distribution of programmers. If you're looking to hire cheap with no benefits the only people left interested will be people that just need the money... and you've just increased your chances of having your stuff stolen.

krmmalik 14y ago
Understood. Thanks. There's a value exchange conversation currently taking place, where we're hoping to exchange services of value, but i acutely realise that value-exchange is sometimes a good idea, but not always.
- columbo 14y ago
  Another thing to consider, if you can pull it off, would be to take whatever work you have find the bit that isn't directly related to your business and make them separate fully-functional-modules. For example, Part of my application needs to extract zip files and search for the contents. This isn't the game changer part of the application but it is a necessary component. This is where I've hired cheap India/China labor in the past, I've done the core work product and I've given them access to these submodules that if stolen wouldn't affect my application. Eventually I'll be making these modules open source, and if any of them pick up traction I'll receive even more benefits for my application.
  - krmmalik 14y ago
    I was thinking the exact same thing just now. There are definitely parts of the application that can be worked on independently, and since it's going to be front-end stuff mostly (which is visible any way), i can ask for the code to be worked and separately and i can integrate it myself into the main app.

by columbo 14y ago

krmmalik 14y ago

Understood. Thanks. There's a value exchange conversation currently taking place, where we're hoping to exchange services of value, but i acutely realise that value-exchange is sometimes a good idea, but not always.

columbo 14y ago
Another thing to consider, if you can pull it off, would be to take whatever work you have find the bit that isn't directly related to your business and make them separate fully-functional-modules. For example, Part of my application needs to extract zip files and search for the contents. This isn't the game changer part of the application but it is a necessary component. This is where I've hired cheap India/China labor in the past, I've done the core work product and I've given them access to these submodules that if stolen wouldn't affect my application. Eventually I'll be making these modules open source, and if any of them pick up traction I'll receive even more benefits for my application.
- krmmalik 14y ago
  I was thinking the exact same thing just now. There are definitely parts of the application that can be worked on independently, and since it's going to be front-end stuff mostly (which is visible any way), i can ask for the code to be worked and separately and i can integrate it myself into the main app.