Urgent 13 developers required, do such projects work?

[yasockie]

SO basically I got this hilarious email from an agent today, seeking 13 (thirteen!) developers, with very concrete pay grades, so a project that's about to eat 13 x 50k = 650k in salaries per annum alone, add an office in central London to house said devs plus the inevitable middle management and we're looking at burning millions of pounds and I just can't see how it's going to the most efficient way to spend/invest that kind of money.
Or am I wrong and this will attract the top talent and the group of 13 will produce software that will earn those millions back in no time at all?

[SimonMac]

SO basically I got this hilarious email from an agent today, seeking 13 (thirteen!) developers, with very concrete pay grades, so a project that's about to eat 13 x 50k = 650k in salaries per annum alone, add an office in central London to house said devs plus the inevitable middle management and we're looking at burning millions of pounds and I just can't see how it's going to the most efficient way to spend/invest that kind of money.
Or am I wrong and this will attract the top talent and the group of 13 will produce software that will earn those millions back in no time at all?

I am working on a project where I would say 95% of people are contractors, seems to be working so far

[northernladuk]

SO basically I got this hilarious email from an agent today, seeking 13 (thirteen!) developers, with very concrete pay grades, so a project that's about to eat 13 x 50k = 650k in salaries per annum alone, add an office in central London to house said devs plus the inevitable middle management and we're looking at burning millions of pounds and I just can't see how it's going to the most efficient way to spend/invest that kind of money.
Or am I wrong and this will attract the top talent and the group of 13 will produce software that will earn those millions back in no time at all?

Thanks for clarrifying that for us. I would have had to google it otherwise

[AtW]

Or am I wrong and this will attract the top talent and the group of 13 will produce software that will earn those millions back in no time at all?

For £50k it will probably attract the likes of sasguru, DimPrawn and MarillionFun - imagine that lot in one office!

[shaunbhoy]

For £50k it will probably attract the likes of sasguru, DimPrawn and MarillionFun - imagine that lot in one office!

Like a special needs hoedown in Middle Earth.

[DimPrawn]

For £50k it will probably attract the likes of sasguru, DimPrawn and MarillionFun - imagine that lot in one office!

You must be

I was earning more than that 20 years ago!

[SimonMac]

Like a special needs hoedown in Middle Earth.

You are from Devonshire, do you really have room to talk?

[Mich the Tester]

You must be

I was earning more than that 20 years ago!

Yep, things have gone downhill since the glory days of contracting.

[shaunbhoy]

You are from Devonshire, do you really have room to talk?

Well I am not actually FROM Devonshire. I am just down here to give the gene pool a bit of a much-needed stir.

[d000hg]

I am working on a project where I would say 95% of people are contractors, seems to be working so far

He didn't say it was seeking contractors... and since he's talking about £50k salaries that sounds more like permie-talk?

For £50k it will probably attract the likes of sasguru, DimPrawn and MarillionFun - imagine that lot in one office!

If it's a salary, for a developer, £50k is pretty damn good. How much do you pay your employees AtW? More or less?