On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 7:57 AM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:

- Software/web developers association within 2-4 years, runs parallel with mashups. Creation of this is critical, and code/business lessons learned from mashups will allow some financial contributions to go to the asociation to start of a developer community re-write code. This will allow upcoming coders to get involved in re-write projects while also put the association on the map and hopefully marketing itself to get funding towards its code re-write goals.

Formal 'Associations' are too unproductive (=boring) for software engineers. Formal stuff works better for software entrepreneurs and firms / organizations. These are the kinds of settings that discuss standards.

Steve has insights I concur with => You do not need or use a crowd to get a project going - just start with 2 or at most 3 focused developers. There is stuff he is working on with someone who is just as if not more competent than he is.

Developer communities are the informal associations that work best to complement Projects that Pay developers to do what they love. Good example below:

Please forward to .Net consultants looking to be more COOPERATIVE (= less Solo Moving) and to learn (c#asp.net) from others and to get or provide skills or support for their own or other projects.

1. Are you willing to sublet space in Westlands for your own (1 to 12 month) projects? If so, for how much? If not in Westlands, then where?

2. What kinds of standards and practices (e.g. certification, code reviews) will you provide to improve the quality of work to be forthcoming from our 'associations'?

3. What would you pay for the kind software or solutions you build or customize?

4. Do you have good experience with Microsoft SQL, SharePoint, Dynamics (CRM and Navision)? If not what kind of help do you need to master ANY one of these technologies?

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