Quickies #1, hiring developers

Now enjoying my status as a sage of the industry, which is to say I am older than 20, but alas, not a billionaire, God fuck-it; people are all the time asking me for nuggets of wisdom from my vast experience at the top. This wisdom is worth about 20c a piece. So, in the generous spirit of OSS, here is a "Quicky from Marcf".

Quickies from marcf #1, Hiring good developpers

S.D asks "Marc, how do do I hire top developpers"?

I have one word for you, S.D.: "SHOW ME THE MONEY".

S.D responds, "but my company is really HOT right now, you know, people wanna work for us".

I respond "Are you sure? Because if you have any doubt, then you are not, and I have 2 words for you: "SHOW ME *MORE* MONEY".

Ok, Bye, Thanks.

marcf

PS: feel free to suggest "quicky" topics, I got a few in the pipeline, but I welcome input.

Comments

Chris Sivori said…
With higher pay you can hire the best. And, with higher pay you can expect the best from your people without conflict.
November 7, 2007 at 5:08:00 PM PST
adt43wt342 said…
Yeah but you would be surprised the number of people who ask this question rethorically because they think "don't I have a hot company" and they expect you to say "yeah, sure, they will trade off pay for hotness".
November 7, 2007 at 6:20:00 PM PST
Roy Russo said…
There is some room for "hotness" and other benefits that can offset opportunity costs of higher pay in the corporate world.

Offsetting factors, for me at JBoss, were: working from home, CEO that I thought was just crazy enough to pull it off, nice line on my resume if he does pull it off, ability to learn marketing/sales/business-side from vets.

"Hotness" alone doesn't mean a thing, unless the "hotness" turns in to money/fame/glory later on.
November 8, 2007 at 7:01:00 AM PST
douglas dooley said…
how to make money off of OSS would be an interesting debate...i heard Matt Asay that volume basically does not matter, and I am struggling to reconcile that with the cost of doing business...

also, what do you think about non-employee OSS contributors making revenue off of consulting services, i know that is a model for something like "JBoss Certified", but how does that work in practice...

finally, what are your thoughts, i.e. arguments, for investors worried about IP matters in an OSS business, how do they 'ensure' their investment?...

one last thing, security with OSS, how do you combat the argument that putting code in the public domain leaves that software open to more hacks, especially when its security-type software?

sorry to drag u back in to the business discussion of OSS, but your contributions warrant interest from your readers...

dd
November 8, 2007 at 3:38:00 PM PST
Juha Lindfors said…
Can we have quickies on VCs, please?

Developers are so boring, as they tend to actually have a talent and a purpose.
November 9, 2007 at 7:45:00 PM PST
adt43wt342 said…
juha, yes.

The inspiration is Marc Andreessen. He runs a great site for advice and I realized I have little to add. But the short and angry format can deliver the goods.
November 10, 2007 at 5:28:00 AM PST
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