Archive for March 11th, 2010
Hiring first employee
I hired a full time developer for my company Evermight. It’s a big deal for me because it’s the first person I’ve hired on a full-time basis. It felt like a massive sports trade on the magnitude of buying a Roy Halladay. Now everyone expects me to win it all!
In the past few months, I spent more than half my time meeting clients, writing emails, providing tech support, managing projects, trouble shooting faults, and administrating/deploying servers. I had no time left to develop. Things fell through the cracks. I knew it was time to hire.
But of course, hiring requires money. Will I have enough projects to fuel this new developer? I’ve only been around for 1.5 years, is it too early to expand? How do I manage my finances?
Anyway, wrote it all out on paper and decided to go with an investment. Having a Roy Halladay doesn’t guarantee you’ll win the world series. But it increases your chances significantly. I liked the odds, so I did everything I could to secure my full time developer.