Developers can help validate business ideas, build minimum viable products, and scale technology. It's best to first test an idea with a simple build before hiring a developer to create new technology. When hiring a generalist developer, look for logical, fast learning individuals at meetups, universities or sites like Stack Overflow and AngelList who can understand the business domain, have attention to detail, write well, and get work done through a good development process rather than focusing on degrees or languages. Ask about their experience building previous projects.

1. @Jonasnielsen
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8. Best Developer 2014

9. WHY DO YOU
NEED A
DEVELOPER?

10. IDEA
Validation
Product-Market Fit
Scale
Management $$$

11. 1. TEst business idea
2. build simple technology
3. Build new technology

12. 1. TEst business idea
2. build simple technology
3. Build new technology

17. 1. “Real test”
2. Accurate data
3. CVR
4. Honest feedback
Success Criteria

18. 1. TEst business idea
2. build simple technology
3. Build new technology

20. Consultants

21. 1. TEst business idea
2. build simple technology
3. Build new technology

22. 1. High quality software
2. fast development
Success Criteria

23. The generalist The specialist

24. HOW TO FIND
A GREAT
GENERALIST

25. BEST CASE:
Have a skilled and proven
developer help you

26. WHERE TO LOOK
1. Stack overflow
2. Angel list
3. Local meetups
4. Universities

27. what to look for:
1. Logical
2. fast learner
3. capable of understanding business domain
4. Attention to detail
5. High level of quality
6. Great writing
7. Gets shit done
8. Good development process

28. what not to focus on:
1. Academic degrees
2. Programming language (but it is a signal)
3. Open source shouldn’t be a requirement
4. Don’t ask algorithmic questions

29. test: Knowledge about
1. kanban
2. open source
3. tdd
4. APIs
5. GIt & Github
6. Twitter bootstrap
7. DRY-principle
8. (Scaling)

30. ask:
What have you built and
how did you do it?

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