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How do you build a remote team in your startup?
- Students and interns that can work on non-bread-and-butter tasks?
- Freelancers that can work on isolated modules / port to new platforms?
How do you get more stuff done with out giving away your "bread and butter"? This isn't a problem when using (expensive) local employees. But remote is more frictionless. International law doesn't always cover IP law etc.
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Sofia Murphy
Remote team hiring and maintainance is much profitable if you do it rightly. I have read and bookmarked a blog on it. So whenever I need some tips or strategies, I just go through it. Sharing it with you: https://www.excellentwebworld.co...
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@sofia_murphy My worry regarding outsourcing software development is
- they have different incentives to you (get paid vs get product market fit)
- they are less motivated to solve any structural problems than you are
- if you don't know exactly what you want or don't express it clearly, you will get something else
- this is true for not just product decisions, but tech too, e.g. which tech choices they make
- if you are not careful you will end up paying them to build things that you don't need because they were able to convince a non-technical person that it was necessary
- if you don't interview the specific engineers that are assigned to your project then you may end up being misled about their skills or experience
- This is not to say that you can't make it work, but outsourcing is a skill
@sentry_co Yup, I agree, outsourcing is a skill. You need to be involved properly to make it work for you. However, as mentioned by you, if you yourself do not know what to do or make them done, you don't need a outsourcing team, you need a tech partner or CTO for hire on timely basis. That will be beneficial for you in that situation!