top | item 40732672 (no title) breadsniffer | 1 year ago Interesting. How many companies need people to build things from the ground up vs maintainers/janitors of complex systems? I think the type of interview (leetcode vs system design) might depend on what category the job fits into. discuss order hn newest csa|1 year ago > How many companies need people to build things from the ground up vs maintainers/janitors of complex systems?In my experience, a good growth company will have at least the three following stages that can yield a healthy ROI with good builders:1. Initial product (start up stage).2. Secondary products and upsells.3. Internal tools, iterative, and often in perpetuity for the life of the company.I am not sure the “builders” should ever be more than about 5-10% of the programmers except in early stage 1.
csa|1 year ago > How many companies need people to build things from the ground up vs maintainers/janitors of complex systems?In my experience, a good growth company will have at least the three following stages that can yield a healthy ROI with good builders:1. Initial product (start up stage).2. Secondary products and upsells.3. Internal tools, iterative, and often in perpetuity for the life of the company.I am not sure the “builders” should ever be more than about 5-10% of the programmers except in early stage 1.
csa|1 year ago
In my experience, a good growth company will have at least the three following stages that can yield a healthy ROI with good builders:
1. Initial product (start up stage).
2. Secondary products and upsells.
3. Internal tools, iterative, and often in perpetuity for the life of the company.
I am not sure the “builders” should ever be more than about 5-10% of the programmers except in early stage 1.