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Re: Time management, multitasking, and programming, oh my!

by dimar (Curate)
on Mar 12, 2005 at 16:20 UTC ( [id://438940]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Time management, multitasking, and programming, oh my!

You did not specify precisely your role/responsibility profile for this startup, but if we continue along the lines of stereotypes, you will be wearing many hats as the various circumstances of the startup variously dictate from day to day.

Based on that stereotype, and the background of past experience, perhaps the most difficult transition a person with your profile could make is to *not* consider oneself a "programmer".

This might be an important consideration, because one of the most challenging aspects of transitioning into a 'startup' mentality is the shedding of any illusion of a coherent 'job description'.

The troublesome fact is there will be *many* times when you wish you could be writing some code, but some emergency situation will pull you away to something you do not want to do. The discipline required to cope with this may be the biggest challenge.

This is a gross oversimplification that varies depending on industry, economic factors, competitive environment and available resources (exogenous) ... as well as incentives, action plan, team cohesion (endogenous) circumstances.

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