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Currently we are an "on-site only" workplace. There are two reasons for this, firstly and most importantly our primary founder has a law, not a technical, ba
by Normal_gaussian 10y ago
Currently we are an "on-site only" workplace.
There are two reasons for this, firstly and most importantly our primary founder has a law, not a technical, background.
This means he often has to just trust that myself and the other core team member are doing sensible things. With a large chunk of savings invested and the project running late (prototype and limited release 1 done, but 'core' functionality and UI still very much in progress) bums in seats is a very real metric.
Secondly is a combination of bad experience, low funds, and not the right time.
The company has had several other in office developers who were supremely sub par. A lot of my rapid acceptance into the company and (currently thrahing out the details of) gaining equity came from the removal of predecessors crap and providing simple and solid guarantees. This makes us edgey about trusting people to get on and do things without serious oversight.
Its obvious that this can be remedied in two ways- with more funds for the right developers and spending more time managing them. The funds are being remedied with our growing sales (yay!) and the time... well I'm primary developer and learning a hell of a lot about managing people.
Not the right time is a case of everytime we bring someone new in it will distract me for a fortnight or so... especially considering the current compensation we can offer. As we are near a wider release it does seem more sensible just to get on with it and hire with the money and time a wider release brings (or takes away, as I suspect will be the case with time).
Finally we should note I fully intend to bring remote working into the company. At first for new hires then a few years in for myself and the other two (likely rota'ish). This looks like an uphill battle with the founders but I'm sure when their stress can be lowered it will be a lot easier.
Regardless, life ahead shall be good.