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Re: One Red Question: Would you hire a rock-star talent who also has rock-star tendencies? - Red Canary

Tech_Whisperer — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:09:27 -0000

"There's zero room for ego in a start-up." That's me quoting Dr. Mike McCool, Bill Harvey, the Bixby brothers, Charles Plant, Bill Lipsin and just about every other successful tech exec I've ever interviewed.

In my own experience, we have a lot of brilliant folks working with us at MoboVivo, doing highly rarified technical work. But not one of them places themselves above the business plan or the team.

Re: INTERVIEW: Matt Golden, co-founder Tira Wireless - Red Canary

Tech_Whisperer — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:19:31 -0000

Well, that conversation ended with old Clark looking clever, didn't it? Good for him. If you want to track down Matt Golden theses days, I hear he's with the RBC Blackberry fund.

Re: Developer Compensation: A New Reality? - Red Canary

Tech_Whisperer — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:45:25 -0000

Of course devlopment skills are a commodity - exactly like every resource in a free-market economy, human or otherwise.

More to the point, certain development skills sets are more valued and therefore more recession-proof (for the interim) than others. So, if your skills in the Napolean-Dynamite sense are current and unique, they'll be valued.

Of course, skill set requirements will change as will technology markets and the trends that that drive them dictate demand for developers and every other technical and business resource.

Mobile apps, games etc. are a money-maker for decent devs with even a microcosm of business sense, well into the future. So, if you have the right skill sets, now is the exact right time to be establishing yourself as an independent to catch the next wave.

If your skills don't meet current and future market demands, it's time to get your nose back in a book and your feet back on the street.