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Oh, that's what he's asking? To the OP: do your startup in Java. Then at least you'll be hiring devs who give a damn about building your product, rather than
by cppsnob 15y ago
Oh, that's what he's asking?
To the OP: do your startup in Java. Then at least you'll be hiring devs who give a damn about building your product, rather than ones who just want to screw around in whatever's shiny and new.
- hello_moto 15y agoI don't know why you guys downvote cppsnob (unless if he's being sarcastic). Some of the Java startups look more solid than the rest. Zimbra, SpringPad, LinkedIN.
- cppsnob 15y agoThanks hello_moto. I wasn't being sarcastic -- I mean what I said earnestly. Put another way: find developers who want to work for you because they want to build what you want to build, not ones who will only work for you because you chose "technology X" to build it. One way to guarantee that is to choose a tech that you're positive can do the job and is boring... Java is that tech.
- olliesaunders 15y agofind developers who want to work for you because they want to build what you want to build, not ones who will only work for you because you chose "technology X" to build it Some people will be perfectly content to build anything just as long as it’s written in <their choice obscure language>. For other people it might be really important that you use agile, or that they are given a greater level of control over the development process, or that they can work from home, or whatever it is that they care about. So really I’m saying is that you should generalize your advice here: find people who care about what you care about. Don’t try to guess what that is. And to do that, go away and figure out what exactly you care about, ask other people to do the same and compare notes.
- hello_moto 15y agoThis is the way to go: people that are in the same page with you. Leading such group is definitely far easier. Ask yourself who you are and find the same people.
- sanderjd 15y agoThere are people who give a damn about the product on other technology stacks, and being interested in shiny things is not mutually exclusive with being pragmatic and caring about product. But maybe you're right that the Java community has the most people like this.