... This is a good topic for this group. ... I think that the topic of building effective teams is independent (but related to) cooperatives. It's actually one...
Hi all, It would really be interesting for us to introduce ourselves, don't you think? Who we are. Coop experience Technical background etc. Here's mine... I'm...
All, I have changed the moderation policy to unmoderated. There seems to be little point to moderating messages until it becomes a problem. If, and when we...
I am 50 years old and have been employed as a programmer since 1978. Except for about 3-4 years I have done government contract work. I've never worked in a...
Having started this group, I'd like to suggest some things that I see that we could do: 1) Promotion. The more people that become members, the more contacts...
I am 40 years old and have been programming since I was 14. Until recently, I believed in "the system". I co-founded a few successful companies including...
Franklin began a thread of discussion about the best type of business for programmer cooperatives to be in in his introduction: FS: The most interesting...
... The problem with corporate customers is that corporations (bigger than a few people) are highly political and selling to them requires politically skilled...
The most remarkable thing about worker cooperatives is the degree to which they have failed. One would think that worker cooperatives should be reasonably...
... This would be true of any business -- failure to properly analyze markets. ... Agreed, this may sometimes be a problem, depending on how far it is taken. ...
... This is the default option when you create a Yahoo Group. It means that nobody can see the archive unless they've registered with Yahoo and joined the...
... Now how about the other links in the menu on the left side of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/programmercoops ? If you log out, you will see that these are...
Hey Doug, I've been down with the flu so I haven't been able to keep up with the posts in the new group... although I did notice that there was a little flurry...
Hi, I found your group by your posting on alt.computer.consultants.moderated and it seems like a good idea. I've been doing something similar but it's not...
Also Janet Ruhl's http://www.realrates.com/bbs Robert M. Pritchett - RMP Consulting Partners LLC - member ICCA Quality means doing it right the first time -...
... RP: The main difference in our own structure is that I observed that it would be very difficult to create a real co-op structure and find partners that...
Very good points, Doug, I can see that we're basically on the same page, just have been trying slightly different approaches to get there. Our modular Division...
... I think one huge advantage of a programmer cooperative is the potential for self-education. Education is integrally tied to our profession because of the ...
We've been sponsoring and "leading" a Developers' "Best Practices" study group for just over a year that has been quite successful. We decided to limit the...
... But there is no reason why a coop needs to share profits equally. A coop can be run like a traditional business with employees being paid a salary decided...
Interesting points, see replies below. Robert M. Pritchett - RMP Consulting Partners LLC - member ICCA Quality means doing it right the first time -...
... FS: But there is no reason why a coop needs to share profits equally. A coop can be run like a traditional business with employees being paid a salary ...
... Most meetings wind up being a huge waste of time and I think meetings should be avoided whenever possible. In a small group, project management can rotate...
... I agree with this. ... The issue of compensation is going to be very tricky. My feeling is that the pay rates should be equal. In order to avoid...
I don't think that's practical and it could lead to more problems than it might resolve. That's why I think that most of the money each programmer makes should...
... That's fine for consulting but what happens for a product-oriented company where a bunch of programmers work together on the product? I will give you my...
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