> If you are lucky enough to hire that person, don't pigeon hole them.
I was thinking the same thing after reading "You’d be much better off getting one of your kickass API developers to spend a little time on the website portion, which would free salary space to hire another kickass API developer.".
My immediate thought is that you'd now have a front end developer. Unfortunately, it is your former API developer turned reluctant front-end designer, who is likely annoyed that his job description changed midstream.
I was thinking the same thing after reading "You’d be much better off getting one of your kickass API developers to spend a little time on the website portion, which would free salary space to hire another kickass API developer.".
My immediate thought is that you'd now have a front end developer. Unfortunately, it is your former API developer turned reluctant front-end designer, who is likely annoyed that his job description changed midstream.