Jenny and others, Here at CFWT we concentrate on billable hours, we are not tied to a 8-5 schedule and our developers routinely wear jeans, flip-flops, t-shirts etc. I already know what it takes to keep developers satisfied. My guidelines are personal. They have help me succeed and advance my income beyond that of a developer - and grow a company - while keeping my family of life in balance (and nothing is MORE important than that). Perhaps there is a reason most technology companies fail in the first 2 or 3 years (ha). You are free to disagree with my "guidelines" and most developers do - including those I employ. But as an employer of 18 CF developers, you might consider giving a bit more credence to my opinion. I'm certainly not coming out of left field with it. I have a lot of experience here. As Gandalf said, "I'm not trying to rob you Bilbo... I'm trying to help you."
-Mark -----Original Message----- From: Jenny Gavin-Wear [mailto:jenn...@fasttrackonline.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:11 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: CF vs. Java Web Developer Still working .. 3am .. and this is not uncommon ;) Laying down these sorts of generalised guidelines serves no purpose. Sure, keeping some sort of routine makes sense, but we all work with the routine that suits us. I agree with Sean's comments, too. When working with a Canadian outfit getting into the office at 10am was perfectly acceptable, so was leaving at midnight. I would very occasionally see a developer in a suit and tie when visiting a customer's premises, the rest of the time it was jeans and t-shirts. >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Sean Corfield [mailto:seancorfi...@gmail.com] >>Sent: 24 June 2011 02:54 >>To: cf-talk >>Subject: Re: CF vs. Java Web Developer >> >> >> >>On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Mark A. Kruger >><mkru...@cfwebtools.com> wrote: >>> Here are my tips? Go to bed at a decent hour. Get up and be >>online by 8:00. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345625 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm