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Re:Help Wanted: America’s love affair with amateur advice by Domenic_S on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:45PM (#18349527)
If you pay a programmer, you have to worry that they have a conflict of interest. If they finish the job, you won't need them anymore.
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Re:Help Wanted: America’s love affair with amateur advice by sheepmullet on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @06:55PM (#18349891)
> If you pay a programmer, you have to worry that they have a conflict of interest. If they finish the job, you won't need them anymore.

Yes - this is a real problem especially if you don’t have the expertise to know how long a task should take.

That’s where many agile practices like 2 week scrums came from.

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Re:Help Wanted: America’s love affair with amateur advice by icebraining on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @07:40PM (#18350170)
I see you've worked with BobX!

http://thedailywtf.com/articles/We-Use-BobX

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