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Case 1. You hired me for my engg. skills, but I suck at managing my time. Spending an hour teaching me time management is going to give far more returns than an
by blrgeek 16y ago
Case 1. You hired me for my engg. skills, but I suck at managing my time. Spending an hour teaching me time management is going to give far more returns than anything else you can do.
Case 2. You hired me as a junior sales-person. I've done product sales, but I don't understand solution selling. Training on solution selling is going to pay off.
Case 3. You hired me for sw devel. I can do some design, but I'm not as good as you are, and you can see that I'm not that good. Spend time coaching me on design, instead of criticizing my design work.
You don't hire a person for just one thing. Anyone you hire is likely to be strong in some things, and weak in others. Training is what's going to plug their gaps and make your team stronger.
- jasonkester 16y agoAll that makes sense in the context of a company. Startups don't really have time for it. If you're going to burn into the ground inside of 6 months, there's simply no room for training.
- blrgeek 16y agoI don't think a startup is defined as having a life of 6 months or less. The large majority of startups must have a few dozen employees - which is exactly where training would help.
- friendstock 16y agoI agree wholeheartedly. We've started doing some pair programming. In addition to making the code better, we've also found that it serves as a form of training, helping us to learn coding techniques from each other. For small startups where you need people to fill multiple roles and new people to get up to speed quickly, it's best to teach as much as possible. Finally, training is also a great source of team-building and motivation. When people leave the perks of a big company to join your fledging startup, you can offer them the satisfaction of learning new skills and taking on new responsibilities.