6 Keys to Being an Effective Startup Engineer
Let’s face it, working at a startup is inherently different than working at a large company. However, what exactly is different and how can you work to increase the chances of your startup succeeding?
Introduction
We often hear the tales of the great entrepreneurs that with minimal resources managed to displace a behemoth incumbent with nothing but a clever idea. However, what is often unheard is the years of hard (and effective) work put in by the founding team to make their story a reality.
In the next section, we will go over key points that can often differentiate a great startup engineer.
A Startup Engineer Should:
1. Produce Exclusively a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Startups move fast! I once worked on an username validation for a pre product market fit startup that changed specifications 3 times in a single day. Of course, this is an example of an extreme case, but in general the smaller user base of startups and the constant need to find their high value users requires that development move at an accelerated pace.
What does this mean for the engineers? Design only the bare minimum that is required to determine if a feature is or not useful. There…
