Hi Caolán, thanks for your feedback.
On 14/02/2022 21:49, Caolán McNamara wrote:
I think at least some of the push back is less against the concept that TDF should hire developers and more that it's a clearer path to start with some specific problems and then what options could solve them and hiring can be an option on that decision tree. It's a rare dev that has skills in multiple appstores, mentoring, qa, a11y, CTL, CJK and bugfixing in the various quite diverse components.
Keep in mind that the point of the proposal was to get feedback from the community and the team which seems to confirm that it is desirable to have in-house developers to take care of certain areas.
Now that we know we want in-house developers, the team and the interviews will help in determining which areas we can start covering.
We have already identified that we have the in-house skills to manage the app stores but internal developers, together with external expertise if necessary, can help in adapting LibreOffice packages to deal with the eventual changes and issues that may arise when app store rules change.
If interviews show that there are interested parties that are also specialised, or have a good grasp, of a11y, RTL and CJK then that will help in determine what they will cover otherwise we will need to see if they can and are interested in growing their skills in those areas.
Developers could also dedicate part of their time in QA and mentoring while helping in validating tenders and their deliverables so I'm sure that nobody will get bored and everyone over time will have the opportunity to show in which areas they perform best.
At this stage there are many areas that need to be covered and everyone in the team has demonstrated to be capable in adapting and perform many different tasks. The same adaptability will be, at least at the beginning, appreciated from the new members of the team.
Over time funds coming from app stores and donations will allow us to further grow our team and will allow members of the team to focus more in specific areas if they wish.
I'm fully aware that this is not the way established development/consulting companies work but TDF isn't one and it needs to build up its internal skills organically for the reasons explained in this thread.
Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
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