Thoughts from the edge
January 18, 2008As I struggle to keep my head away from tinkering for more than 15 minutes, I’ve realised a few things so far:
- there is a fine balance to be struck between saying yes and saying no
- people are, in general, quite unforgiving of any mistakes, even if you’re starting out
- money is always an issue
- hiring is difficult
- you have to be able to give up control if you want to go forward, but give up too much and all hell breaks loose
- be sure to know what you’re good at and what you’re not
- I only end up doing things I “trained for” 10% of my time, means I have to learn the other 90% on the fly