Hire me: a story of developer burnout and how I want to turn it around

Best of luck, from one hacker to another.

http://jobs.usethesource.com/

A word to all the other devs out there being courted by co-founders. This is from a guy who learned from experience (ie. the hard way) and wants to pass along some learnings.

Only get in if

A. Everyone has skin in the game equal to their share (if you are doing 200% of the work for 5% of the company...) B. There is plan for either bootstrapping, funding or some revenue model well thought out (if they aren't developing, they are selling or raising money...if they aren't selling or raising money they are doing nothing). C. You trust your co-founders and they trust you, implicitly. Things are going to get worse before they get better and if you don't trust each other about everything, it is going to be a nightmare ride.

On C. At the first sign of trouble, give benefit of the doubt but don't forget it. On second, think about getting out, don't wait for a third sign. There are too many people willing to ride someone else to their victory. I've seen it over and over again from people who can't "do" themselves.

And D. Get everything in writing, upfront.

On D. Personal story. I trusted a co-founder in the past. We went and started to build something. We had an agreement on roles, equity, strategy...all that good stuff. Once MVP got to angel funding stage, all of the sudden the "we started" and "we built" became "I built" and "I started" (my co-founder saying that, not me). That was the beginning of the end.

My $.02