Yeah, I'm focusing on the "Lone Wolves" we've marked as suppliers, as we have regular interaction with them and they're less-likely to just get bored and wander off. They're more like independent contractors, where you have a real business relationship.
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i dont see it as being a lone wolf, because its open sauce.
I also have supported many enterprise level customers doing this same kind of thing with an incredibly small team doing all the heavy lifting (2 people) .. with the invention of automation, you may be surprised how many companies skate by with a single burnt out dev or contractor on the pager duty or doing the bulk of the 'work' that the company charges enterprise level moneys for..
contractor yes, lone wolf.. ehhhh, 😂 ya killin me smalls 😁
Hey, some of these guys don't even talk to anyone else about their project. They show up, tell everyone "I built a thing." and disappear.
I've worked on big maintenance projects with one dev, but if he quits, then the project is basically ded.
Like that meme, where one library block holds up the entire Internet block-tower. 😂