[LRUG] Hiring a pair rather than an individual contractor

Wed Dec 18 04:08:48 PST 2013

*         From a recruitment perspective I'd say in 2013 around 20% of the
contract requirements I've had were from companies which would be open to at
least discussing this..

*         I'm not sure if you could negotiate a day rate for both developers
high enough to make it worthwhile until you've proved that its more
effective than one remote developer. Might have to take a bit of a hit in
the first couple of contracts until the junior developer is productive.

*         The companies which would go for this are open minded teams which
don't have a problem with remote workers, more established teams which
typically hire through HR departments and look for onsite developers are
going to take issue.

*         In the last year I have had success in hiring pairs of developers
into companies, although in both cases it was pairs of senior remote
developers who had long histories of working together.

*         Might be companies are interested in this for hiring senior perm
remote developers with a junior pair located near to them (rather than
contract, as its more of an investment for the company).

*         Merry Christmas.

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From: chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org [mailto:chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org] On
Behalf Of Tim Cowlishaw
Sent: 17 December 2013 12:20
To: Ruby Group
Subject: [LRUG] Hiring a pair rather than an individual contractor

Inspired by Ali's 'Technical  Intern' job ad, I've got a few questions for
those of you who hire independent contract engineers!

Some context: I've thought a great deal about stsarting an initiative like
Ali's, whereby I take on a more junior engineer to pair with me on contract
work. Being a freelancer is an insane privilege, and I've thought it'd be a
great opportunity to both help train people starting out on a career in
software, as well as encouraging more people to work independently who might
not otherwise consider it, or have the opportunity to do so.

With that in mind, I'd be very interested to know, from those of you who
hire contractors, whether:

(1) You'd be open to the idea of hiring a mixed-ability pair in place of an
individual engineer? Would such an arrangement work within the structure of
your organization?

(2) You'd perceive this is an arrangement with potential productivity gains
(or just as a deadweight loss since the more experienced engineer would
spend some time coaching the less experienced one). What sort of multiplier
would you be prepared to attach to the cost of a single engineer for such an
arrangement?

Cheers,

Tim.

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