Passionate generalist conquering the web one project at a time. Whether authoring libraries for node, JS, PHP, or Rust, I am always on the lookout for better solutions to common problems.
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Lead Developer & Co-founder at corpscrypt, CTO at REtech
Uff. There would be so much to be said about that. So in general, contractors aren't an option as what I referred to as projects are all long time engagements. I would have to go down a rabbit hole to explain how we are structured and how this led to us being in a position where we should recruit 3 people but only have the budget for one.
Versatile software engineer with a background in .NET consulting and CMS development. Working on regaining my embedded development skills to get more involved with IoT opportunities.
Oh yes, nothing is worse than the hellish codebase produced by a long line of contractors (dealing with one of those myself right now).
Are any of the systems small enough that a rewrite would be possible. It might be motivating for some candidates. "Oh, you despise PHP? Well, if you think you can rewrite it in Node/ASP.NET, I'm all ears!"
Passionate generalist conquering the web one project at a time. Whether authoring libraries for node, JS, PHP, or Rust, I am always on the lookout for better solutions to common problems.
Location
USA
Work
Lead Developer & Co-founder at corpscrypt, CTO at REtech
The easy answer is no. But of course, reality is a bit more facetted. Especially the PHP codebase is gigantic while the node / .net projects could theoretically be rewritten.
But here is the actual catch: while further developing what is in production, we plan a complete rewrite of the front-end (mainly because we need an exit strategy for the end of life of AngularJS), a process this person would oversee and lead.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg. So yes, I am fully aware that we are searching for a unicorn.
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Uff. There would be so much to be said about that. So in general, contractors aren't an option as what I referred to as projects are all long time engagements. I would have to go down a rabbit hole to explain how we are structured and how this led to us being in a position where we should recruit 3 people but only have the budget for one.
Oh yes, nothing is worse than the hellish codebase produced by a long line of contractors (dealing with one of those myself right now).
Are any of the systems small enough that a rewrite would be possible. It might be motivating for some candidates. "Oh, you despise PHP? Well, if you think you can rewrite it in Node/ASP.NET, I'm all ears!"
The easy answer is no. But of course, reality is a bit more facetted. Especially the PHP codebase is gigantic while the node / .net projects could theoretically be rewritten.
But here is the actual catch: while further developing what is in production, we plan a complete rewrite of the front-end (mainly because we need an exit strategy for the end of life of AngularJS), a process this person would oversee and lead.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg. So yes, I am fully aware that we are searching for a unicorn.