Re:Finding Time to Invest in Yourself
by balfirevic on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @06:03PM
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Not necessarily a correction, but find a way to make startup game work with remote engineering teams. Either fully remote, or remote-from-headquarters but collocated team.
There are going to be challenges, no doubt. Depending on where the team is, there will be legal stuff to figure out, time zone difference will be an issue and it will require some work to maintain the same "all-in-this-together" team atmosphere.
On the other hand, you are not competing with FAANG on compensation. For example, in Eastern Europe, even low-level Bay Area salaries are higher than most offers people will get locally. And equity grants are basically unheard of. English levels are very high, culture is pretty compatible with the US. And the level of accessible engineering talent is also very high, since you can outbid the local market easily.
There is a pretty well-developed remote contracting ecosystem where I live, but hiring people to be a part of the core team (by US startups) is comparatively rare.
There are going to be challenges, no doubt. Depending on where the team is, there will be legal stuff to figure out, time zone difference will be an issue and it will require some work to maintain the same "all-in-this-together" team atmosphere.
On the other hand, you are not competing with FAANG on compensation. For example, in Eastern Europe, even low-level Bay Area salaries are higher than most offers people will get locally. And equity grants are basically unheard of. English levels are very high, culture is pretty compatible with the US. And the level of accessible engineering talent is also very high, since you can outbid the local market easily.
There is a pretty well-developed remote contracting ecosystem where I live, but hiring people to be a part of the core team (by US startups) is comparatively rare.