Small Teams Should focus on Dev not Ops 😱
You can read the article here https://alnutile.medium.com/small-teams-should-focus-on-dev-not-ops-63d7938a314a
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There's no room for The Idea Guy
enFebruary 12, 2016
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About this Episode
Author: David Heinemeier Hansson
Read By: Ryan MacAllan
Original Source: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/2188-theres-no-room-for-the-idea-guy
Startups need people able and willing of doing the actual work. They need programmers, designers, and eventually folks to do marketing, support, and more. What they don’t need, though, is someone who’s just going to be The Idea Guy.
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