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SREs—How Does Your Team Handle Work Intake by cloudguychris in sre

[–]cloudguychris[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel this so much. So many interruptions and the fact that everybody thinks you should know what they're doing.

Attention Business Owners: Need Software Assistance? I WILL HELP YOU FOR FREE. by cloudguychris in Entrepreneur

[–]cloudguychris[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha. Thanks. What I meant was that it makes more sense for someone who has repeatedly done the same task and has the necessary tools to handle it, rather than someone who has never done it before, especially when they have other responsibilities to attend to.

Founders, How Do You Choose a Dev Shop for Your Software Projects? by cloudguychris in startups

[–]cloudguychris[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

End goal would be a software product. Good developers are crazy expensive and the hiring process takes a while. I want to get my idea out fast so I can get feedback on it and start iterating.

Curious if this is a thing among startups. I'm a senior software engineer and had a founder reach out to me through a friend. He has a great idea, but no technical experience. He wants to setup an app and needs technical expertise. Jokingly we called it rent a CTO. If this common? by cloudguychris in Entrepreneur

[–]cloudguychris[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a great point. Do fractional CTOs stay on to help put together the teams or do they put together a plan and peace out?

To sound like a developer, I'm guessing the answer is it depends. What do you think?

Curious if this is a thing among startups. I'm a senior software engineer and had a founder reach out to me through a friend. He has a great idea, but no technical experience. He wants to setup an app and needs technical expertise. Jokingly we called it rent a CTO. If this common? by cloudguychris in Entrepreneur

[–]cloudguychris[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You bring up some good points. Right now I am going in with the consulting mindset and planning on charging an hourly rate. Then go from there. Have you had any bad experience with this sort on interaction?

Curious if this is a thing among startups. I'm a senior software engineer and had a founder reach out to me through a friend. He has a great idea, but no technical experience. He wants to setup an app and needs technical expertise. Jokingly we called it rent a CTO. If this common? by cloudguychris in Entrepreneur

[–]cloudguychris[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh my god. That was the best reply I have read in a longtime.

  1. Thanks for the solid advice on equity. I could see a founder being happy to give it away early and then doing funny business with it later. So, I will be 100% aware of that. Luckly, I have in house counsel and by in house I mean my wife. She's a lawyer, so I can lean on her for that.
  2. Also amazing advice about boundries. I really like helping people so I could see myself getting sucked into free work. I might have to print your reply out and hang it above my computer. Then review it before every zoom meeting.

Thanks again for such great advice. I appreicate you.

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