[LRUG] Freelancer holiday cover partnership

[nicolas alpi]

We usually cover each other with different friends.

Having all servers setup to access our different SSH keys and and GIT repo
makes it super easy.

I do agree with Paul that having the Rails base makes it's a pleasure as
you know that some else app will have the same structure as yours.

But I have to say that we never had to use the cover as all went fine up to
now (touching wood).

Nic
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:18 AM, luke saunders <luke.saunders at gmail.com>wrote:

> Previously I have always worked for big clients with several developers,
> or very small ones who didn't care so this problem has never arisen.
> However my current project is big enough that it'll need constant support
> but too small to warrant several developers and I have been wondering what
> should happen when I go away.
>
> I thought about getting another developer to know the system but it would
> take a while for someone to get familiar enough with it to fix things, and
> I wasn't sure if this would be more hassle than it's worth. The Rails stuff
> itself is simple enough but setting someone up so they can deploy via Chef
> to EC2 instances etc is fiddly.
>
> That aside though, possibly I can cover you when you go away as my time is
> fairly flexible.
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Jonathon Horsman <
> jonathon at arctickiwi.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I expect there must be a few freelance developers out there who have
>> clients requiring ongoing cover. What cover do you provide your clients
>> when you go away on holiday?
>>
>> Typically I take my laptop with me, but given that I'm going to be up a
>> mountain I will lack the connectivity and motivation to answer support
>> queries.
>>
>> Would any LRUG members be willing to form an informal support partnership
>> where they would receive support queries and invoice at a pre-agreed rate
>> for a set time?
>>
>> This is really for client piece of mind, as I've never had anything
>> require immediate attention in the times I've been away.
>>
>> Likewise when pitching to some clients for new build projects they are
>> concerned about cover when dealing with an individual freelancer. More than
>> once I've been asked the 'hit by a bus' question and don't have a suitable
>> answer. So I see this partnership covering new development projects too.
>>
>> Does this resonate with anyone?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> --
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