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Smaller Companies, More Hats
Joel Spolsky wrote a series of articles about the release of the next version of FogBugz. In Part IV he talks about the "ridiculously small portion" of developer work that is actually writing code. Eric Sink expands on that point by advising small companies to hire developers, not programmers. Developers by his definition are more well rounded and can do the many tasks necessary in a small company. Very good programmers are just very good programmers. It seems like the smaller the company the more hats you have to wear. Whereas in bigger companies you might have a few very specific tasks on your plate and the rest is taken care of by other people -- people who are probably specialized at completing those tasks. Posted at April 01, 2005 at 01:59 PM ESTLast updated April 01, 2005 at 01:59 PM EST Comments
Just today, I gave a 1 hour training session for our clients and my boss and other people. It was training for software I wrote. It's more fun working in a small place. I get to do the business analysis, then the design, implementation, configure, set up security, create accounts, train, deploy, test, gather fix ups that need to be done, fix up, test, then deploy to production, and then I have to support it. So many things to do. » Posted by: roy at April 1, 2005 02:26 PMI work in a small company too. I find it quite enjoyable. I really like that it's not the same thing over and over again. I also feel like my opinion matters more. If you only have a few employees, it definitely helps if their knowledge is more wide than deep. » Posted by: Kibbee at April 2, 2005 09:07 AM |
