[LRUG] Hiring a pair rather than an individual contractor

[Marco Iannone]

Hey Tim,

Good thinking. Speaking as someone techie but who might hire this tag
team, it sounds like a very good idea.

Practicalities would involve: rate (higher or lower than the sum of
the two?), how junior the junior person is, whether the two people are
joined at the hip. A possible scenario is that the pairing happens,
say, 60-80% of the time, but some flexibility remains, and the junior
person can do something by him/her/itself.

In terms of dealing with a non-tech client, I am not entirely sure as
it doesn't apply to me, but I'd imagine that they'd be suspicious,
given that productivity is not that easy to measure/demonstrate, and
this setup sounds more complicated. I'd guess a techier clients is
more likely to get it.

(Hope all's well!)

Cheers,
Marco


On 17 December 2013 13:38, Damon Davison <damon at allolex.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 8:19, Hakan Şenol Ensari wrote:
>
> My 2 pence: You could abstract this from your client and simply quote them a
> higher daily rate if you are convinced you will deliver more in total?
> Unless client is technical, they could not care less about whether you pair,
> use a standing desk, or wear sunglasses when working.
>
> This sounds perfectly reasonable to me. You can find a way to make it clear
> to your client that they get an extra set of hands for much of the coding
> work. It definitely seems like something that would add value in the eyes of
> (nearly) any client.
>
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