What is AWIA?
From their website:
Formerly Port 80 Inc, the Australian Web Industry Association represents businesses, individuals and students involved in the web industry and aims to:
Further the advancement of the web industry within Australia;
Educate the general public about the role of professionals in the web industry;
Foster greater ties with like-minded organisations.
The Committee
As Managing Director of The Frontier Group, I have nominated to be on the committee in one of the upcoming vacant positions.
While I don't think there's an easy general answer to the title of this post, here at The Frontier Group we have our own reasons on why our websites are priced the way they are.
The breakdown of a typical small business website:
Research - This is the first stage in the project, where requirements and the purpose of the website are determined. A website needs a real business reason to exist, and we need to know what that is.
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The Frontier Group is a boutique software development company based in West Perth. We have a strong focus on web software, and utilise Ruby on Rails and JavsScript to build web applications. Our team has grown to thirteen staff and we're looking to take on more experienced web developers.
Is this you?
You understand the difference between websites and web applications, and you want to write apps that matter for people that care about them.
You'll have a track record of …
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The Frontier Group is a boutique software development company based in West Perth. We have a strong focus on web software, and utilise Ruby on Rails.
Our development team has recently grown to eight staff and we're looking to take on our first full time designer. Until now we've worked with design freelancers and subcontractors. Now we want to make a designer part of our team, allowing our developers to work closely with the interface expert. We need someone who's part of our team and not just kicking the ball in the same direction.
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…employment opportunities than your competitor, then that's your commercial advantage. If The Frontier Group is able to offer a larger salary and greater career prospects than our competitors, it's to our benefit. Is it unethical for us to leverage that advantage?
Counter-balancing that argument, I feel, is the idea that the relationship between a company and their employees is comparable to human romantic relationships. If the pretty girl at the bar has a ring on her finger, it's …
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