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1.10.2008 | Comments Off
How fast can you start a business doing it by yourself? How much faster can you grow a business by working in a team? I just read this article from one of the blogs I subscribe to and the author too advocates working in a team environment for startups.
1.04.2008 | Comments Off
I’ve got to agree with Wei a bit. Some of these developers look very good. They have a good backgrounds. But they throw a blanket statement at you with a “cover letter” that is far too generic (why do I care if you’ve been developing in .NET for 3 years when I clearly want a LAMP project done?). They try to oversell themselves by giving information that I don’t care about. I’m very happy that you all have ISO 9000 certification, but that’s, for the most part, useful only in manufacturing where an actual product is made. Code isn’t exactly the same thing. Now, tell me you guys use Extreme Programming or Spiral Programming methodoly and I can get a feel for what you’re all about. I’ve sat here for the last 3 hours looking at people who are bidding for our work and I’ve only come acros 3 people that I feel good about. Either the general web programming population isn’t as mature as I would hope or or they are just horrible communicators.
1.01.2008 | Comments Off
As with Wei, I too am reflecting more so this year than in past about how I have been changing and growing in my professional development. Personally, 2007 has been a breakout year. I’ve bought a house, a second dog and gotten engaged. All pretty big stuff. For 2008, one of my main goals is going to be a movement away from being the average grunt, trying to take on all tasks myself (and not getting them all done) to putting my efforts into finding others to help with the work and use my own expertise to ensure they are doing the job right.
11.18.2007 | Comments Off
The founders met again on Saturday… We were due on the status of the project plus we scheduled a meeting with Bryan who we have been considering for business development / marketing position for the last month.
10.28.2007 | View Comments
As a desperate measure to gain some control in the matter of no communication, we decided to do a couple of things to resolve the issue of the missing designer.