I find my skill as a programmer has substantially diminished the more I've had to spend energy and focus being an entrepreneur. I believe there's a myth that the hacker can do it all and do it all well. In reality I think you end up being stretched like... butter scraped over too much bread. :)
It may be a cop-out but now I'm looking for "top people" to hire, but what I usually mean is someone who can have the programming focus I don't have anymore. I'm looking for "me 6 years ago" the hacker who loves products and wants to build a business who's at the beginning of the entrepreneur track. Damn damn hard to find.
Second the idea that my programming output has declined in terms of quality as I focus more on business related aspects. It forces you to look at everything in context -- better code quality gets you more maintainability, but at what cost? Every decision I now make has a trade-off; as a programmer, I can afford to throw more time to elegantly solve a problem. As an entrepreneur, I just need it to work as well as I've defined, for a specific cost.
It may be a cop-out but now I'm looking for "top people" to hire, but what I usually mean is someone who can have the programming focus I don't have anymore. I'm looking for "me 6 years ago" the hacker who loves products and wants to build a business who's at the beginning of the entrepreneur track. Damn damn hard to find.