Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early stage employees?

Re:Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early st... by drewcoo on Sunday August 28, 2022 @03:04PM (#32631028)

> many engineers are not used to the uncertainty involved in day to day business negotiations and sales

7 person startup, right? Presumably they hired people who can wear lots of hats and who can deal with uncertainty.

> they start wondering "are we failing?", "am I not doing a good enough job?", "is our product a failure?" etc etc.

Good. Questions lead to answers where there's transparency. I'd hope that the people making the product would understand the product, the business, and the customers.

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Re:Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early st... by ido on Monday August 29, 2022 @01:14AM (#32634997)

    7 person startup, right? Presumably they hired people who can wear 
    lots of hats and who can deal with uncertainty.

Not necessarily! Or not necessarily all of them. As a small startup you also don't have much money so may hire very junior people as that's all you can afford.

    Good. Questions lead to answers where there's transparency.

Only they don't always ask these questions - especially if they're junior. Sometimes they just keep it to themselves and worry instead of asking for clarification.

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Re:Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early st... by dilyevsky on Sunday August 28, 2022 @10:39PM (#32634254)

This. Additionally this should lead to more responsible decision making when questions like “is my re-architect gone wrong going to sink the company?” are pondered at all levels. This could lead to more stress sure but if someone can’t handle it probably best to go work at big corp.

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