Originally Posted by UKBusinessLive (Post 1834031)

I'm not sure about this, Where i work we've had about 5 guys leave in the past month, and they left to work elsewhere and not because they were made to leave or left as a group for whatever reason.

I can't really comment for the Software industry as mine is more engineer related, But in the software industry, isn't it common for people to leave when they can upgrade their knowledge?? if folk were to stay on at Vbulletin indefinately then there would be no influx of fresh ideas and knowledge, They would only know what they know and no more??

But if they could better their job prospects by moving on to a different enviroment then surely that would be a good mark on their resume.

I guess that in the software industry, you'll find that people come and go more often than any other industry, I mean how many times have you heard that Joe bloggs has been with XXX.com for 35 years until his retirement??? never i guess.

I found out that people come and go for a variety of reasons and maninly this time of year so they can take their summer holidays before starting their new job.

Thats why i don't see anything strange about 4 guys leaving, Good luck to them they served their time well, now lets bring in the fresh ideas :D and look forward to what will happen in the next year or two ;)

Originally Posted by Shelley_c (Post 1834073)

ROFLMAO - Seriously UK, you don't actually believe that? Let's hope we see some changes around here also. The continuous stagnation of this site must be drawing the eyes of the IB team here. Totally agree with your remark, bring in the fresh ideas, thus far the current ideas haven't worked so well. Last update was 3 years and counting. :D

Originally Posted by lasto (Post 1833569)

i would`nt worrie much about the designers/coders leaving as they can easy be replaced with new staff.
The only thing u have to worry about is the price going up.

Originally Posted by KTBleeding (Post 1834342)

Absolutely not true. My bosses have that same mindset, and that's why after three years now, everyone else they've hired in my department has either been completely horrible, novice, or inexperienced and it's done nothing but hold us back.

It's actually one of the main reasons why they are only up by 2% over last year right now.

Sure, there are a bunch of people who "know" html / css, but for someone to actually be SKILLED at it to the point where it's any sort of benefit even having them there takes a lot of years of experience. vBulletin couldn't easily replace the designers.. look at how many people horribly alter their templates compared to those who do it well?

Originally Posted by TNCclubman (Post 1834725)

So 4 top coders left. Anyone know the amount of top coders total? Not a number of all the coders, but if 4 out of 6 top coders left, that may be a problem. If it was 4 out of 30 top coders, then not so much.

Originally Posted by lasto (Post 1834779)

maybe they leaving because they cant come up with any decent ideas and are stiffling the development of any further vbs.