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Is there a "lead" programmer there? If you don't want to quit then one option would be to convince the founder(s) that you are best placed to ensure the quality
by arctangent 16y ago
Is there a "lead" programmer there? If you don't want to quit then one option would be to convince the founder(s) that you are best placed to ensure the quality and maintainability of the codebase. This is probably worth a pay raise, but do be prepared to bring specific examples of what is going wrong and how your ideas will make the company more profitable.
- throwanay1 16y agoNo, there is no lead programmer and the founder isn't technical. I'm the only person here who actually understands software engineering. I have to write long essays and letters to explain why things aren't the way they should be and I often have to lecture the other developers on what I mean by O(nlogn) vs O(n^2), ftp vs version control, spread sheet vs bug tracking system, project manager vs supervisor, sys admin vs phpmyadmin user.
- arctangent 16y agoIt sounds like quitting may be the best option. But it's always worth seeing if there's a little more money available if you take on extra responsibilities to train up the rest of the team - assuming that this is a trade-off you're happy with.