Hi everyone,
I'm new to this site. Indeed, it's a great platform for HR management.
Let me introduce myself: I'm Ishan Gupta, the owner of a registered IT firm.
I started with registration. Then I began marketing my ideas. I have secured two projects (Medium level - for a start-up).
The projects I'm referring to are entirely my ideas. However, truthfully, I am unsure about how to proceed with their execution. The projects require skills in software development. I have never learned any programming language in my life.
Please help me address the following queries:
1. Can I delegate work to employees even though I lack knowledge about development?
2. How should I approach hiring people, considering my lack of expertise in software development?
3. Should employees know that I am not a developer, rather that their employer lacks insight into the project's technical details?
4. What about the security of codes?
5. Will my employees feel insecure or attempt to exploit the situation concerning deadlines?
6. Since I cannot manage it personally, who should be entrusted with the responsibility for project execution and the entire process?
I understand that being an owner in my position is rare, but I do not wish to lose these projects simply because I cannot develop them.
Please provide guidance.
Warm Regards,
Ishan
From India, Delhi
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I'm new to this site. Indeed, it's a great platform for HR management.
Let me introduce myself: I'm Ishan Gupta, the owner of a registered IT firm.
I started with registration. Then I began marketing my ideas. I have secured two projects (Medium level - for a start-up).
The projects I'm referring to are entirely my ideas. However, truthfully, I am unsure about how to proceed with their execution. The projects require skills in software development. I have never learned any programming language in my life.
Please help me address the following queries:
1. Can I delegate work to employees even though I lack knowledge about development?
2. How should I approach hiring people, considering my lack of expertise in software development?
3. Should employees know that I am not a developer, rather that their employer lacks insight into the project's technical details?
4. What about the security of codes?
5. Will my employees feel insecure or attempt to exploit the situation concerning deadlines?
6. Since I cannot manage it personally, who should be entrusted with the responsibility for project execution and the entire process?
I understand that being an owner in my position is rare, but I do not wish to lose these projects simply because I cannot develop them.
Please provide guidance.
Warm Regards,
Ishan
From India, Delhi
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Greetings,
First and foremost, in a project-based company, you will always get projects that will be beyond your current knowledge base. But that's not a limitation. I have worked in IT Firms and have seen managers managing projects primarily based on the system not entirely because of their own technical proficiency. Here are my suggestions for you:
1. Can I get work done from employees, even though I do not have any knowledge about development?
Please set up a dashboard for work allotment and completion. This can be easily designed from the SLA that you have with your client. You need to refine it for every activity and set a time limit to it. You may consider using E-lance and Odesk.
2. How should I go about hiring people, myself being illiterate when it comes to software development?
Please review the delivery part as mentioned in the resume of the developer you hire. They would always talk greatly about the projects they have been working on and start including the tasks delivered by other experts in their teams. But when you drill down to what they have done and were measured, let them discuss the scorecard; you will get a hang of what they have exactly done. You may visit tech forums where the talents of the skill sets you would hire generally visit. This would give you an idea about the buzz. Finally, speak to the IT Recruiters. Especially the ones who have spent 3-4 years are the best people to discuss how to find the defect in a resume and figure out when the candidate is lying. A senior recruiter with an experience of 7-11 years can give you a complete view of the recruitment cycle, talent pool, what attracts the developer most during the hiring process, and other vital areas in recruitment.
3. Should employees ever know that I am not a developer, rather their employer doesn't know anything about the internal aspects of the project?
Mostly business owners are not developers, or they are 'once-upon-a-time-developer'. There is nothing wrong with it. The employees would initially tend to play with technical jargons and give explanations which these business owners wouldn't understand. But in the long run, they all fall in line. You will very easily understand if they are playing with jargons and not giving you a solution. Suppose in a team meeting you ask them for a new project web-design, primarily the infrastructure. They would start explaining codes and stop somewhere so remote that even an expert would fail to understand. Just nail them to the primary points, including the range for defects. You will start noticing a difference in their communication.
4. What about the security of codes?
Ideally, every company requires employees to sign the NDA. Other than this, you may set points in the project team where not every developer would be working on those codes.
5. Will my employees not feel insecure; on the other hand, will they not try to take advantage when it comes to setting deadlines?
If deadlines are set right in the beginning with clear expectations set out for each developer, it should not create any hassle. Your apprehension of their fear is true, but it will die down when they see your efforts to support them.
6. Since it cannot be me, who should be given the responsibility of the project execution and complete process?
Hire a project manager. It's entirely your choice, but this will save half of your operational worries.
I am requesting Nikhil Gurjar to respond to this post. He has worked in senior leadership positions with IT Giants across the continents. He would have many more value adds for you.
Regards,
(Cite Contribution)
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this site. Indeed a great one for HR management.
Let me introduce myself: I'm Ishan Gupta, the owner of a registered IT firm.
I started with registration.
Then I started marketing my ideas.
I have gained two projects (Medium level - for a start-up).
The projects I'm talking about are completely my idea. But frankly speaking, I do not know how I should go about their execution. The projects require skills in Software development. I've never learned any programming language in my life.
Please help answer the following queries:
1. Can I get work done from employees, even though I do not have any knowledge about development?
2. How should I go about hiring people, myself being illiterate when it comes to software development?
3. Should employees ever know that I am not a developer, rather their employer doesn't know anything about the internal aspects of the project?
4. What about the security of codes?
5. Will my employees not feel insecure; on the other hand, will they not try to take advantage when it comes to setting deadlines?
6. Since it cannot be me, who should be given the responsibility of the project execution and complete process?
I understand that this kind of owner of a company will be one in probably one lakh, but I don't want to lose the projects just because I cannot develop them.
Please advise.
Warm Regards,
Ishan
From India, Mumbai
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1872First and foremost, in a project-based company, you will always get projects that will be beyond your current knowledge base. But that's not a limitation. I have worked in IT Firms and have seen managers managing projects primarily based on the system not entirely because of their own technical proficiency. Here are my suggestions for you:
1. Can I get work done from employees, even though I do not have any knowledge about development?
Please set up a dashboard for work allotment and completion. This can be easily designed from the SLA that you have with your client. You need to refine it for every activity and set a time limit to it. You may consider using E-lance and Odesk.
2. How should I go about hiring people, myself being illiterate when it comes to software development?
Please review the delivery part as mentioned in the resume of the developer you hire. They would always talk greatly about the projects they have been working on and start including the tasks delivered by other experts in their teams. But when you drill down to what they have done and were measured, let them discuss the scorecard; you will get a hang of what they have exactly done. You may visit tech forums where the talents of the skill sets you would hire generally visit. This would give you an idea about the buzz. Finally, speak to the IT Recruiters. Especially the ones who have spent 3-4 years are the best people to discuss how to find the defect in a resume and figure out when the candidate is lying. A senior recruiter with an experience of 7-11 years can give you a complete view of the recruitment cycle, talent pool, what attracts the developer most during the hiring process, and other vital areas in recruitment.
3. Should employees ever know that I am not a developer, rather their employer doesn't know anything about the internal aspects of the project?
Mostly business owners are not developers, or they are 'once-upon-a-time-developer'. There is nothing wrong with it. The employees would initially tend to play with technical jargons and give explanations which these business owners wouldn't understand. But in the long run, they all fall in line. You will very easily understand if they are playing with jargons and not giving you a solution. Suppose in a team meeting you ask them for a new project web-design, primarily the infrastructure. They would start explaining codes and stop somewhere so remote that even an expert would fail to understand. Just nail them to the primary points, including the range for defects. You will start noticing a difference in their communication.
4. What about the security of codes?
Ideally, every company requires employees to sign the NDA. Other than this, you may set points in the project team where not every developer would be working on those codes.
5. Will my employees not feel insecure; on the other hand, will they not try to take advantage when it comes to setting deadlines?
If deadlines are set right in the beginning with clear expectations set out for each developer, it should not create any hassle. Your apprehension of their fear is true, but it will die down when they see your efforts to support them.
6. Since it cannot be me, who should be given the responsibility of the project execution and complete process?
Hire a project manager. It's entirely your choice, but this will save half of your operational worries.
I am requesting Nikhil Gurjar to respond to this post. He has worked in senior leadership positions with IT Giants across the continents. He would have many more value adds for you.
Regards,
(Cite Contribution)
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this site. Indeed a great one for HR management.
Let me introduce myself: I'm Ishan Gupta, the owner of a registered IT firm.
I started with registration.
Then I started marketing my ideas.
I have gained two projects (Medium level - for a start-up).
The projects I'm talking about are completely my idea. But frankly speaking, I do not know how I should go about their execution. The projects require skills in Software development. I've never learned any programming language in my life.
Please help answer the following queries:
1. Can I get work done from employees, even though I do not have any knowledge about development?
2. How should I go about hiring people, myself being illiterate when it comes to software development?
3. Should employees ever know that I am not a developer, rather their employer doesn't know anything about the internal aspects of the project?
4. What about the security of codes?
5. Will my employees not feel insecure; on the other hand, will they not try to take advantage when it comes to setting deadlines?
6. Since it cannot be me, who should be given the responsibility of the project execution and complete process?
I understand that this kind of owner of a company will be one in probably one lakh, but I don't want to lose the projects just because I cannot develop them.
Please advise.
Warm Regards,
Ishan
From India, Mumbai
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Hi Ishan.... Congratulations for being an entrepreneur and welcome to the forum... Please find my answers in different colors.
1. Can I get work done from employees, though I do not have any knowledge about development
Yes, Dear, you can get the work done from employees. Technically, I guess (Cite Contribution) has given good suggestions, and if you know, most of the hospitals are also not run by doctors but they get the work done from them. Similarly, hire a guy who has good knowledge or take help from a friend who can assist you in this regard. Lately, if you want to run a successful business, you can acquire these skills.
2. How should I go about hiring people, myself being illiterate when it comes to software development
There are various sites that you can find through Google that can help you gain some knowledge about programming, codes, and related topics. Sometimes it becomes very difficult to differentiate between a good programmer or a bad one; both will know how to do coding but one can do coding in 3 lines and another one may do coding in 10 lines. To find out the difference, it would be better if you hire through some consultants and take them into confidence to hire good individuals for your company.
3. Should employees ever know that I am not a developer, rather their employer doesn't know anything about the internal aspects of the project.
Yes, eventually they will come to know if you won't brush up your skills. No, I'm not suggesting that you should also learn all this, but why not attain some knowledge so that it will help you in the long run. Also, as I mentioned above, hire a senior guy first who can help you in hiring other programmers and developers so that the workflow becomes easier.
4. What about the security of codes
Security policy is required not just because it doesn't trust you or your code. It's also there to protect against well-intentioned code that's been exploited by outsiders. Choose a security context for your server code that grants access only to the resources it needs to get its work done. If certain parts of your code require significantly higher privileges, consider factoring the code out and running just that code with the higher privileges. To safely separate code that runs with different operating system credentials, your best bet is to run this code in a separate process that runs in a more privileged security context.
5. Will my employees not feel insecure; on the other hand, will they not try to take advantage when it comes to setting deadlines
No, it won't happen if you work in a team, do not boss around, have trust in them, and they will also do the same. But it does not mean that you should trust them blindly initially. It will take some time; teething problems will also come... but then you need to show your entrepreneurial skills at some point... right??
6. Since it cannot be me, who should be given the responsibility of the project execution and the complete process.
As I suggested in one of the queries, hire the senior guy first, a project manager as (Cite Contribution) says or a senior developer, give him a percentage in profit sharing. One project and you will get to know what problems you can face, and we can discuss them again here.
All the best for your projects... we have good IT guys here in this forum... let's see what they have to say.
Regards,
Archna
From India, Delhi
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1. Can I get work done from employees, though I do not have any knowledge about development
Yes, Dear, you can get the work done from employees. Technically, I guess (Cite Contribution) has given good suggestions, and if you know, most of the hospitals are also not run by doctors but they get the work done from them. Similarly, hire a guy who has good knowledge or take help from a friend who can assist you in this regard. Lately, if you want to run a successful business, you can acquire these skills.
2. How should I go about hiring people, myself being illiterate when it comes to software development
There are various sites that you can find through Google that can help you gain some knowledge about programming, codes, and related topics. Sometimes it becomes very difficult to differentiate between a good programmer or a bad one; both will know how to do coding but one can do coding in 3 lines and another one may do coding in 10 lines. To find out the difference, it would be better if you hire through some consultants and take them into confidence to hire good individuals for your company.
3. Should employees ever know that I am not a developer, rather their employer doesn't know anything about the internal aspects of the project.
Yes, eventually they will come to know if you won't brush up your skills. No, I'm not suggesting that you should also learn all this, but why not attain some knowledge so that it will help you in the long run. Also, as I mentioned above, hire a senior guy first who can help you in hiring other programmers and developers so that the workflow becomes easier.
4. What about the security of codes
Security policy is required not just because it doesn't trust you or your code. It's also there to protect against well-intentioned code that's been exploited by outsiders. Choose a security context for your server code that grants access only to the resources it needs to get its work done. If certain parts of your code require significantly higher privileges, consider factoring the code out and running just that code with the higher privileges. To safely separate code that runs with different operating system credentials, your best bet is to run this code in a separate process that runs in a more privileged security context.
5. Will my employees not feel insecure; on the other hand, will they not try to take advantage when it comes to setting deadlines
No, it won't happen if you work in a team, do not boss around, have trust in them, and they will also do the same. But it does not mean that you should trust them blindly initially. It will take some time; teething problems will also come... but then you need to show your entrepreneurial skills at some point... right??
6. Since it cannot be me, who should be given the responsibility of the project execution and the complete process.
As I suggested in one of the queries, hire the senior guy first, a project manager as (Cite Contribution) says or a senior developer, give him a percentage in profit sharing. One project and you will get to know what problems you can face, and we can discuss them again here.
All the best for your projects... we have good IT guys here in this forum... let's see what they have to say.
Regards,
Archna
From India, Delhi
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Thanks to (Cite Contribution) and Archana for the excellent remarks.
As a startup, you need to first understand that you have a lot of risks, including failing to deliver client commitments. It is like any other business risk. Let's try to answer your questions one by one.
From United States, Daphne
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As a startup, you need to first understand that you have a lot of risks, including failing to deliver client commitments. It is like any other business risk. Let's try to answer your questions one by one.
From United States, Daphne
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Dear Mr. Ishan,
What you possess inside you is an ENTREPRENEUR, and I am sure you will travel a long journey as you keep learning more about ENTREPRENEURSHIP and LEADERSHIP skills, which are most important for you to manage your organization.
Congratulations for being SELF-EMPLOYED as you have decided to take THE BIGGEST RISK OF YOUR LIFE, where you'll definitely succeed in your mission provided you handle everything with utmost CARE besides being LOGICAL & PRACTICAL in all your moves.
There is not impossible as such. You can get almost everything. GO STEP BY STEP.
From India, Chennai
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What you possess inside you is an ENTREPRENEUR, and I am sure you will travel a long journey as you keep learning more about ENTREPRENEURSHIP and LEADERSHIP skills, which are most important for you to manage your organization.
Congratulations for being SELF-EMPLOYED as you have decided to take THE BIGGEST RISK OF YOUR LIFE, where you'll definitely succeed in your mission provided you handle everything with utmost CARE besides being LOGICAL & PRACTICAL in all your moves.
There is not impossible as such. You can get almost everything. GO STEP BY STEP.
From India, Chennai
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Dear Mr. Ishan,
The great A.P.J. Abdul Kalaam of India said, "You need not be a pilot to fly an aeroplane." One thing I found common in human beings is that "we think negative more than required, and worrying about certain things doesn't happen in our life." It has been proven by most trainers across the globe.
Please be positive all the time, focus, set your goals, train your team members to think positively, and motivate them for the best productivity. Compensation should be in par with productivity. Never allow negative thoughts to occupy your brain and be ready to face challenges. Include this in your do's and don'ts.
Good luck with profound regards.
From India, Chennai
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The great A.P.J. Abdul Kalaam of India said, "You need not be a pilot to fly an aeroplane." One thing I found common in human beings is that "we think negative more than required, and worrying about certain things doesn't happen in our life." It has been proven by most trainers across the globe.
Please be positive all the time, focus, set your goals, train your team members to think positively, and motivate them for the best productivity. Compensation should be in par with productivity. Never allow negative thoughts to occupy your brain and be ready to face challenges. Include this in your do's and don'ts.
Good luck with profound regards.
From India, Chennai
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Greetings, I am glad to see your reply. Did you find a way out ? How has it been so far ? I look forward to hear from you. Regards, (Cite Contribution)
From India, Mumbai
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Hi Cite Contribution,
I'm confused now. I have set up an office, decent space, in a small city, Gwalior. However, after having posted an opening for software professionals, I have learned that not a good sect of people like to work in small cities.
What can I do in such a circumstance? I have two options:
1. Let this office be and start development in Bangalore or Delhi in a plug n play kind of office for the time being.
2. Make use of the one that I've already constructed (in Gwalior) somehow by convincing developers in some way, probably by giving them some incentives for joining me in Gwalior.
The first one being an expensive option and the second one doesn't seem to work out easily. Please suggest.
Regards,
Ishan
From India, Delhi
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I'm confused now. I have set up an office, decent space, in a small city, Gwalior. However, after having posted an opening for software professionals, I have learned that not a good sect of people like to work in small cities.
What can I do in such a circumstance? I have two options:
1. Let this office be and start development in Bangalore or Delhi in a plug n play kind of office for the time being.
2. Make use of the one that I've already constructed (in Gwalior) somehow by convincing developers in some way, probably by giving them some incentives for joining me in Gwalior.
The first one being an expensive option and the second one doesn't seem to work out easily. Please suggest.
Regards,
Ishan
From India, Delhi
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