Ask HN: Anyone as a technical startup founder wish they had a manager? Technical founders usually have deep conviction behind an idea and need to build the proof-of-concept themselves. It feels like it's kind of assumed a founder would be a CTO/manager type. But usually you take the role of an individual contributor, and act as a product manager, engineering manager and senior dev and have to manage yourself. This kind of setup is actually rare out in a lot of later stage companies. I find myself wishing I had a manager above me, rather than me becoming a manager and hiring someone else. But it seems wrong if I'm the founder. Anyone else? |