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flashbound
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splitting the spoils 2014-05-23 19:38:12 Reply

A core question of collaboration, objectively posed to you, total strangers:

There’s two people building a wall. They agree on how they will split their pay before constructing the wall. Builder 1 is better at laying bricks than Builder 2, but both work just as hard and the same hours. By the end of the project, Builder 1 had laid 20 bricks and Builder 2 had laid 5 bricks. How should they have agreed to split their pay?

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Response to splitting the spoils 2014-05-24 11:44:09 Reply
At 5/23/14 07:38 PM, flashbound wrote: A core question of collaboration, objectively posed to you, total strangers:

There’s two people building a wall. They agree on how they will split their pay before constructing the wall. Builder 1 is better at laying bricks than Builder 2, but both work just as hard and the same hours. By the end of the project, Builder 1 had laid 20 bricks and Builder 2 had laid 5 bricks. How should they have agreed to split their pay?

The optimal way to pay them fairly is by task, and not by hour; this requires an active stance on quality control. However, if it was previously agreed that both would be paid based on time, it's best to honor that deal instead of trying to change terms after work is done.

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Response to splitting the spoils 2014-06-05 10:12:22 Reply
At 5/23/14 07:38 PM, flashbound wrote: A core question of collaboration, objectively posed to you, total strangers:

There’s two people building a wall. They agree on how they will split their pay before constructing the wall. Builder 1 is better at laying bricks than Builder 2, but both work just as hard and the same hours. By the end of the project, Builder 1 had laid 20 bricks and Builder 2 had laid 5 bricks. How should they have agreed to split their pay?

You need to sign a non disclosure agreement. It just means everyone does fair work and gets fair pay if someone
decides to slack or doesnt do something they were suppose to do they dont get paid for it. I make games with
My friends for a living and each no project we start we sign an nda. I live in europe so the example I would send im not sure how it would hold up in us law.