Re: Need programers

From: Ryan Johnson <dowrie@guildofblades.com>

Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 06:43:20 +0000

> But your announcement sounds like you're looking for talented amateurs to work as 'partners' (read: no cash up front).  I would recommend actually employing a programmer, if you *really* want to get it done.<<

Well, obviously that would be the best course to take. But that assumes
our company had the resources to accomplish that. Presently we don't.
Experienced programmers are expensive. As game companies go, the Guild
has done pretty good for itself. Over the last five years we've grown
from a company that began on $100 in capital to one that employees the
two primary partners full time and one accountant part time and has
pulled in nice profits for the last 4 years.

Sadly, we aren't the publisher of Magic, Pokemon, or one of the "break
out" hits (yet), so we haven't joinned the industry elite with a large
staff (there are less than 20 companies in hobby gaming with a staff
larger than 6 people) yet. Though 1483 Online and some of our other
online ventures have some some great potential and may be able to propel
our company to that next level.

Sadly, at our current rate of growth with our core game lines, it will
likely be a year, maybe even two, before we can afford to "risk" hiring
on a programmer for such a project (and it would be a risk, because in
lacking the knowledge to do this ourselves, we might end up hiring a
programmer that lacked the qualifications or will to get the job done).
Makes far more sense to establish a partnership with an experienced
programmer and cut that programmer in on the long term success of the
project. Sure, assuming the programmer gets the porjects completed when
ultimately end up with a smaller slice of the pie than we would have if
we could have just hired staff to do the work. But we also reduced the
risk that are involved with staff that we are not truly qualified to
lead. And since we have had two firms fall thru so far, it would seem
our course has been the right one.

Unfortantely, that leaves us looking for the right partner/s for this
project, once again.

Ryan S. Johnson
CEO, Guild of Blades Publishing Group
http://www.guildofblades.com

References

Re: Need programers
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 20 May 2002 11:10:51 +0000

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Re: Need programers
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 20 May 2002 11:10:51 +0000