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Rodrigo de OliveiraThe business ideas, new utilities for society and the next big thing all boil down to code. If the code is good, the startup has a chance. If the code is bad, no matter how brilliant the business people are the startup is not going to get far.
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Startups can not afford to have less than A+ engineers. In a larger company there is an opportunity to mentor and grow people. In a startup every hour is precious. Not much time can be spent teaching people, you need to get people who know what they are doing.
Qualifications for A+ engineers are:
* Focused on results
* Loves coding and fluent at it
* Writes elegant quick code
* Smart and quick
* Loves refactoring
* Values testing
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Software Engineering Tips for Startups
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The business ideas, new utilities for society and the next big thing all boil down to code. If the code is good, the startup has a chance. If the code is bad, no matter how brilliant the business people are the startup is not going to get far.
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0. Must have code
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1. Must have a technical co-founder
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2. Hire A+ engineers who love coding
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3. Keep the engineering team small and do not outsource
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4. Ask tough questions during the interview
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5. Avoid hiring managers
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startups need passion and drive to build the impossible.
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What you need are experienced technical people who love coding. These are going to be natural mentors for your younger engineers. Mentors and not managers.
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6. Instill an agile culture
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- Clean and elegant code
- Continuous refactoring
- Focus on defect-free software
- Code ownership and pride
- Team work and little ego
- Most importantly: use common sense
This is agile culture which values:
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7. Do not re-invent the wheel
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So the key to success of any startup is to have rock star technical team that can quickly turn the vision into a piece of software and then evolve it and iterate it until it turns into a real business.
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Chris TagalotThe business ideas, new utilities for society and the next big thing all boil down to code. If the code is good, the startup has a chance. If the code is bad, no matter how brilliant the business people are the startup is not going to get far.
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