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The maker/manager transition phase

joel.is

The great piece is focused around two sets of distinct people in a startup: makers (typically coders) and managers (those with lots of meetings). So I decided that I would learn Android from scratch, and at least get the app off the ground and learn what we needed from someone who would eventually lead our Android development.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?" When Linus started what later on became Linux, he was at best a wet behind the ears developer.