How a startup can survive technical debt

Re:How a startup can survive technical debt by x0x0 on Sunday January 03, 2021 @01:52AM (#25620089)

I can't emphasize this strongly enough: no juniors. Probably for the first 3+ years. They're a disaster, and it's taken my company a year -- with another year or more to go -- to recover.

It's not even necessarily their fault; they just need piles of time and mentorship and direction that you can't afford to give yet. Worse, you'll quite possibly end up firing them when you eventually start reigning them in and they don't like being told how to build things.

Trust me, it's been an extremely painful experience.

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Re:How a startup can survive technical debt by cs-szazz on Sunday January 03, 2021 @10:13AM (#25622183)

"Worse, you'll quite possibly end up firing them when you eventually start reigning them in and they don't like being told how to build things."

Had this exact thing happen at my company. It's tough when you have to start doing this, but even tougher if you don't. There are times I certainly think we'd have the same output with half the people if we'd kept the bar higher.

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