Great post - This, of course, touches on the art & science of building a company where software is your primary asset.
Step 1 - Is what you're making sustainable (profitable)? Step 2 - Ok we're sustainable, how painful is it to keep going?
Step 2 has a ton of implications for future velocity, hiring, retention, etc. (I've seen companies in really bad spots here because of tech debt) but you're absolutely right that you can't start having step 2 problems until you're a "real company" and engineers (more than others) tend to forget this part of the evaluation.
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Great post - This, of course, touches on the art & science of building a company where software is your primary asset.
Step 1 - Is what you're making sustainable (profitable)?
Step 2 - Ok we're sustainable, how painful is it to keep going?
Step 2 has a ton of implications for future velocity, hiring, retention, etc. (I've seen companies in really bad spots here because of tech debt) but you're absolutely right that you can't start having step 2 problems until you're a "real company" and engineers (more than others) tend to forget this part of the evaluation.