No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
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Re: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
#2I'd like to add to this, only because it is an early stage item but maybe a little unrelated:
If you are an early stage startup and your founders have a habit of talking about "competitors", run like hell.
Re: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
#3lol. "don't motivate engineers." dude can't motivate engineers with money so he thinks you can't motivate engineers. that's actually funny. and a little depressing.
Re: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
#4I'd like to add to this, only because it is an early stage item but maybe a little unrelated: If you are an early stage startup and your founders have a habit of talking about "competitors", run like hell.
+1. and if they say things like "we're going to disrupt the industry," again, run.
There were many things I did not like about working for Jeff Bezos, but one I did like is he kept repeating this.
Re: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
#5I'd like to add to this, only because it is an early stage item but maybe a little unrelated: If you are an early stage startup and your founders have a habit of talking about "competitors", run like hell.
> If you are an early stage startup and your founders have a habit of talking about "competitors", run like hell.
Why? Comparing what the competitors are doing can be a great way to come up with new ideas
Re: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
#6Hire good people and trust them, they will build the best they can for the users they can talk to
If you don’t know what good people look like you can’t win.
Re: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
#7I'd like to add to this, only because it is an early stage item but maybe a little unrelated: If you are an early stage startup and your founders have a habit of talking about "competitors", run like hell.
> If you are an early stage startup and your founders have a habit of talking about "competitors", run like hell. Why? Comparing what the competitors are doing can be a great way to come up with new ideas
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Re: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
#8I'd like to add to this, only because it is an early stage item but maybe a little unrelated: If you are an early stage startup and your founders have a habit of talking about "competitors", run like hell.
> If you are an early stage startup and your founders have a habit of talking about "competitors", run like hell. Why? Comparing what the competitors are doing can be a great way to come up with new ideas
because comparing yourself to your competitors will get you a faster horse buggy, not an automobile. if you're in a startup, you should be risking making automobiles. if you want to make faster horse buggies, go work for AT&T.
Re: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
#9I'd like to add to this, only because it is an early stage item but maybe a little unrelated: If you are an early stage startup and your founders have a habit of talking about "competitors", run like hell.
Why
Re: No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams
#10When I read about 996-style culture I am happy to be European. That would not work here. 40 hours per week max and most engineers prefer to not work more than 32 hours a week. So you have a good work/life balance. I currently work 4 hours a week.