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Not having team of six can be alleviated by setting realistic expectations. If you hire 1 or 2 devs and one gets sick don't expect other one not to take vacati
by ozim 4y ago
Not having team of six can be alleviated by setting realistic expectations.
If you hire 1 or 2 devs and one gets sick don't expect other one not to take vacations he planned 2 months ago.
It will hit your bottom line but that is the risk you will have to eat as an owner and not your employees.
Manager at big.co usually does not have option to "eat a risk" so he should put preventative measure for such a scenario.
- mwcampbell 4y agoIf you hire 1 or 2 devs and one gets sick don't expect other one not to take vacations he planned 2 months ago. Right, in that case, I'd probably give up my vacation instead.
- quickthrower2 4y agoOr keep deploying daily anyway so when everyone is out the production env. is pretty up to date and undeployed feature inventory low.
- chrisseaton 4y agoWhy does anyone have to give up a vacation? Unless you're building intelligence or defence software or something like that.
- throwaway98797 4y agocause someone else might catch you
- SpicyLemonZest 4y agoWhen you're have a small company you're hoping to turn into a larger one, many deadlines are every bit as existential as a DoD proposal deadline for a defense contractor. Especially when you don't have a big slosh pool of VC funding (but this is largely true even if you do), the difference between "stable and growing at a healthy pace" and "if something doesn't change we'll have to shut down" is often one or two customers.
- WJW 4y agoThis is only a feasible plan for people without any children or committed relationships though. Telling your spouse that you'll skip the vacation because work is more important than them will not go over well, for obvious reasons.