From enterprise developer to SaaS startup architect in 21 days
TL;DR
- In Enterprise world you focus on few parts of the whole architect whreas in startup world, you have to deal with the whole stack, and that is hard.
- Start like a project, Act as a company
- Lean canvas software plan is a cool tool to use to explain your business
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Being an enterprise archtect (small scope) is so much different than startup archtiect (taking care of full stack). Being good at a few thing Vs having to deal with everything.
Trust yourself but take a ladder, take the tools, mentors. Don’t blindly jump into startup world.
Start like a project, Act as a company
Experiment (+Earn) with prototypes.
In the past as an enterprise developer, didn’t have to take care of security, CD etc… it was taken care of by other teams in the big company. In a startup you end up taking care of all these things, which can be very scary.
Startup leadership can’t be outsourced.
By far the most difficult skill I learned as a CEO was the ability to manage my own psychology - Ben Horowitz
Simplify your job description:
- Solve an important problem
- Make customer happy
- Create a place where devs want to work
Lean canvas software plan is a cool framework. In a snapshot, describe main parts of your startup.
Outsource what is not core to the business
Keep experimentation + prototyping coss to a minimum
https://aerialspac.es/ is the startup
