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Interns for now, I would assume the basic principles would extend to any other technical hire. As far as what I bring to the table. I can tell them what to buil

Interns for now, I would assume the basic principles would extend to any other technical hire. As far as what I bring to the table. I can tell them what to build, right down to the implementation details. Which external services/APIs should be used where, which frameworks might be needed where. I wanna say I can give the "architecture", but not in the rigourous sense ig. Its not like I can't write code, its that I haven't done it nearly as much as I would like to. So its gonna take me much longer. Also, it might be useful to know that I'm the sole founder, and currently sole employee. So I also do the ideation, feasilibity checks for the idea, some market research etc.

akerl_ 1y ago
This honestly sounds like a nightmare. A couple things: 1. "Do the ideation" is baloney. It sounds like you had an idea and decided how you wanted it built and then realized you couldn't do it, which is exactly why ideas are so cheap. 2. If you're bringing folks on as the initial engineers at your startup, they are not interns, and the only world where you're calling them interns is if you're trying to extract cheap labor from them because they don't know any better. 3. As an engineer, having somebody hire me who can tell me what to build, right down to the implementation detials and what APIs and frameworks to use sounds absolutely bonkers. You're basically describing micromanagement.
- lazaruslong 1y ago
  Okay, a couple things: 1) ideation is baloney. But you do need to have ideas. I dont particularly care how it’s built. I did try building it on my own, i just have other things to do. So I want someone more efficient to take it off my plate. 2) That would be true if they committed full time. I’d love it if they do. But until then, they are interns. As far as pay goes, i wouldnt pay any less per hour. Actually, i dont pay any less per hour considering I already have an “intern”. I just need to get one more to work with him. 3) I was only trying to tell what I can bring to the table. I guess a better way of saying it is that I would be someone who can understand their plan/strategy/implementation rather than someone who just has the user experience in mind. I rather not micromanage either.

akerl_ 1y ago

This honestly sounds like a nightmare. A couple things: 1. "Do the ideation" is baloney. It sounds like you had an idea and decided how you wanted it built and then realized you couldn't do it, which is exactly why ideas are so cheap. 2. If you're bringing folks on as the initial engineers at your startup, they are not interns, and the only world where you're calling them interns is if you're trying to extract cheap labor from them because they don't know any better. 3. As an engineer, having somebody hire me who can tell me what to build, right down to the implementation detials and what APIs and frameworks to use sounds absolutely bonkers. You're basically describing micromanagement.

lazaruslong 1y ago
Okay, a couple things: 1) ideation is baloney. But you do need to have ideas. I dont particularly care how it’s built. I did try building it on my own, i just have other things to do. So I want someone more efficient to take it off my plate. 2) That would be true if they committed full time. I’d love it if they do. But until then, they are interns. As far as pay goes, i wouldnt pay any less per hour. Actually, i dont pay any less per hour considering I already have an “intern”. I just need to get one more to work with him. 3) I was only trying to tell what I can bring to the table. I guess a better way of saying it is that I would be someone who can understand their plan/strategy/implementation rather than someone who just has the user experience in mind. I rather not micromanage either.