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I’m pretty sure the way to slow down a highly productive group of 20-50 is to quadruple their size. I’ve never seen a team of 100 developers do anything quickl
by BobbyTables2 3y ago
I’m pretty sure the way to slow down a highly productive group of 20-50 is to quadruple their size.
I’ve never seen a team of 100 developers do anything quickly. Motivated teams of 10-20 can do amazing things.
Some scale is needed, but 100 people working for 1 year cannot accomplish that of 10 people for 10 years.
The irony is they could have kept headcount low, and used the $$ millions to do amazing things for years. Instead it is torched for bragging rights.
- KaiserPro 3y agoWe are, of course, assuming that they grew the main dev group to 100, rather than creating a new team, for a new product. The biggest issue is that product and project management isn't taught well. There isn't a wealth of easy to understand literature. The stuff thats available tends to be LLM level waffle. you can hire consultants, but they also tend to speak in business vague, without offering specific advice. Sadly, what you need are experienced PMs, lead engineers and business types. They are hard to find, and tend to come late to startups. It is possible to grow a company from 25 devs to 100 and keep velocity. But it requires planning, clear communication and clear process to make sure that people are not spinlocking or re-inventing the wheel. I know its possible, because I've been at a place that's done it.