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There's actually a lot of truth in what he said. You need both types - the mix depends on where the company is in it's life. Early on, you need more of the "ro
by chiph 9y ago
There's actually a lot of truth in what he said. You need both types - the mix depends on where the company is in it's life. Early on, you need more of the "rockstar" types because shipping is life. Later you need a blend with more of the latter type, because existing customers will only put up with bugs for so long, and expect to see new features they asked for.
- mercer 9y agoI've been the latter type in the early stage of a startup, and even though I strongly believe in my more cautious approach to programming, in general, in hindsight I feel that I should've abandoned that caution or that they would've been better of with another programmer. Thankfully I'm pretty sure the startup would've failed no matter what, so I don't feel too guilty about it. But it taught me a valuable lesson.