How To Recruit Software Developers Who Code Like Artists — AB Periasamy on People

AB Periasamy builds software like an artist builds a masterpiece. By inspiring others to believe in the idea and the design and contribute to it's success.

Anand Babu (AB) Periasamy is a free software contributor, angel investor and an entrepreneur.  AB is one of the founders of Minio, an open source cloud storage server. Prior to Minio, AB co-founded Gluster, an open source distributed filesystem. AB is also on the board of Free Software Foundation - India and has authored GNU FreeIPMI and GNU FreeTalk.

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Key Takeaways Don't have people managers. Instead, build a culture that encourages self-managing individuals. Software development is more like creating art than mass-producing products in a factory. Build the culture and they will come. Industry experts may be brilliant and also be the wrong people to have on your team. They come with pre-conceptions on what will work and what won't. They might be motivated by money instead of by your goals. Minimize the requirements, don't throw in extra features just to compete. Experiment on ideas to gaher more data before deciding on a solution. Elect one benevolent dictator to represent the team after soliciting ideas and discussion options. That person will take all the input and make the decision. The first 10 people are the hardest to find. After 10 the recruiting becomes much easier. The only asset you have from the beginning is belief. You must inspire others to share in that belief or connect with others that already believe.

 

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Resources Mentioned HTP-54 You're Tech Interviews are Scaring Away Brilliant People — People Friday with Bill Kennedy Minio Cloud Storage Minio on Github