[pypy-dev] next pypy-sync meeting 20050915

[Michal Wallace]

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Beatrice During wrote:

> Just a short comment to your email Michael (thanks for your thoughts
> onj this matter BTW ;-):

:)

> One of the current major discussions about how to capitalize
> on Open Source as a business model is just that - learning/training.
> 
> So I think you are on to something there Michael - both regarding the
> technical aspects and the project management/developer process aspects.
> Sprinting combines them both ;-)

Hi Bea,

I recently did a "sprint" in the form of 
the pyweek game challenge. We hung out in
IRC for most of the week and made a game.
(Or at least a game engine, before we ran
out of time!)

To me it was an exercise in project 
management but it was also a recruiting 
tool: I wanted to see what it was like to 
work with certain people before I spent
the money to actually hire them. 

It worked well, and I plan to continue
using that model to screen potential
hires in the future... Maybe a company
with more cash in the bank could use
pypy in a similar way?

Sincerely,
 
Michal J Wallace
Sabren Enterprises, Inc.
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