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After 26 years in the industry this is the only process that actually works - hire the right people and get the F out of the way



> hire the right people

That’s no easy feat and often oversimplifies the challenge of building competent teams. I think it’s achievable if you have a large budget to hire only senior/experienced devs and a mature hiring process/team. Plus, if your company has strong tech branding, it becomes easier to attract top talent too.

But if you’re at a startup with limited funding and possibly no branding at all, you’ll likely face this situation:

- Hire inexperienced but honest, motivated people with the potential to grow, and invest in mentoring them.


I do not disagree with anything you said at all! Though chances of success diminish here.

If you have to introduce some "process" - whatever that "process" is - because you do not have competent people and you feel like "process" will fix it, your chance of succeeding are a lot smaller IMO...




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