Re: Refined XP Practice - 3 Day Week

On 5/31/07, Brandon Byars <brandon.byars <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Of course.  I think I would even be willing to experiment with various
>  working arrangements more along the lines of what Gary Brown wrote.  As
>  I understand it, though, Gary's arrangement involves having the
>  employees actually at work and actively involved in team building (and
>  available if a fire broke out).  I would probably have trouble
>  experimenting with something as radically different (at least from the
>  American perspective) as Simon's suggestion.

I'm right there with you my Puritan brother... 

>  Maybe, and the effect of hiring such a person on the team would have to
>  be considered.  However, I would not, ipso facto, rule out Linus if I
>  were an employer and he came a-ringing, even if he told me he could only
>  work 20 hours a week.  Exceptional skill, IMHO, makes a lot of problems
>  vanish, and if I had a small number of exceptional programmers, I
>  suspect I'd be more than willing to engage in Simon's suggestion after
>  all.  If they all wanted to work in private offices, do waterfall
>  development, and sleep in till noon, that'd be fine with me.  If I had
>  one exceptional programmer  that I catered to and a team of good
>  full-time XP'ish programmers, I think I'd be willing to try to make that
>  work too.  It's inconsistent, as Dave pointed out, but I certainly
>  wouldn't call it foolishness.

I only do because I've had the experience. Prima donnas are not worth
the effort.

-Kelly

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