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Is that...bad? I mean, the point of a startup is to start a business, not to write code, isn’t it? I’d bet that there are many startups that don’t need technic
by abakker 8y ago
Is that...bad? I mean, the point of a startup is to start a business, not to write code, isn’t it?
I’d bet that there are many startups that don’t need technical founders, and many who have them are building technology that isn’t really differentiated. One thing that is important is obviously fine-grained control over the business, so I could see how outsourcing might make that slightly harder to manage.
- reustle 8y agoNot only fine-grained control, but as they grow they need to consider the cost of growing and maintaining a system built with antiquated tech.
- _up 8y agoDo you mean with antiquated? That the APIs aren't changing on a weekly basis and you can concentrate on developing instead of updating your code?
- __sr__ 8y ago> Is that...bad? For Microsoft and .NET community — yes.
- rovr138 8y agoDepends on the startup and product. Assuming the product is software, not having technical talent and outsourcing means the quality of the code could suffer. The problem with this is if the company/product grows it can be harder to work with in the future. Even if one outsources, having someone doing reviews, QAing the code being introduced and setting guidelines on what’s production quality code is a good thing. This could also be outsourced to someone else though. Doesn’t have to be a founder.