Hiring isn’t the real problem. Judgment is.
Early startups don’t need 40 hours of coding. They need 4 hours of the right code.
I’ve seen junior teams waste months on fragile systems.
Experience fixes it in under two weeks.
What founders really need isn’t speed. It’s clear direction.
A senior working part-time produces cleaner, faster results with less overhead than a full-time junior guessing at architecture.
Full-time leads come with meetings, roadmaps, and constant reviews.
You need a surgeon who spots bottlenecks, unblocks them, and moves on.
I stabilize codebases fast, not by magic, but because experience wins over effort.
Culture can wait. Product can’t.
Think carefully before hiring full-time.
Hire judgment first. Bodies later.
Buy judgment, not hours.