After you gain users to your project, you will gain also those users who think that they know more about your project than you do. Don’t be afraid of saying “no” to all of them.
Few days ago I was reading interesting article with which I completely disagree. Author of this article said: “Don’t Hire Frontend or Backend Webdevs”. Oh come one! It’s stupid.
It’s one of the biggest mistakes of entrepreneurs, who have created a startup. They think, that if they are really involved in their project, then everyone else should be involved as much, as they are. Listen to me carefully: they won’t be involved as much, if you won’t give them something back!
I’m a father. Since 1.5 of a week. That’s why I can say, that I have a fresh look at the birth of a child. When the “dust has settled after the battle” – we can analyze this act. And… what’s really amazing, we can easily find the features of a good manager in it.
Most of not so advanced entrepreneurs think that projects, which they invented, are their kids. And that is true. However they also think that they have to think about them all day long. That they have to worry about them at night, that they are the best people to develop them and to manage them. And that is not true. I can say much more… stay away from them. You are the client!
“Getting real” (by 37signals) – discover the smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web-based application. Is it worth to read?
You should already know what means to be a good web developer or a good web designer. Now… it’s time to explain what does it mean to be a good project manager.
Everyone could be a web developer. Yes – that’s true. It’s not so difficult to learn how to build a website (especially when you don’t need to pay for any tools and you can build your website even using simplest text editor ever). True art is to be a good web developer.