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Re:What I'd tell myself about startups if I could go back 5 ... by ddoolin on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @11:11AM (#9334576)
I'm glad you made this distinction. With enough time, yeah, sure, we can be "good" at any of them, but I've seen companies bring people on without a developed skill set in a particular technology only to find out the ramp-up time to be as efficient as someone familiar with it to be much longer than they bargained for.
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Re:What I'd tell myself about startups if I could go back 5 ... by m3mnoch on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @11:16AM (#9334613)
agreed. it's really about lifecycle.

near the beginning of your startup, you need multi-hat-wearing-swiss-army-knives for developers. once you get traction and growth, you need to bring in vertical expertise.

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