I’ve been wondering how others handle building dedicated development teams, especially when the project grows faster than expected. It feels like finding the right mix of skills, personalities, and workflows is harder than just hiring a few freelancers here and there. I’m curious if anyone here has faced the challenge of scaling a team without losing productivity or quality. What pitfalls should I avoid when the team expands?
Good question. I ran into something very similar last year when our startup decided to move from two in-house devs to a team of ten in less than six months. The biggest mistake I made in the beginning was assuming that adding more people automatically meant faster progress. What actually happened was the opposite: communication slowed down, tasks were duplicated, and we had a lot of frustration. Only when we introduced clearer ownership of modules and kept daily syncs short did things start to stabilize. Another piece of advice — don’t underestimate cultural fit. We once hired a very skilled engineer who just couldn’t adapt to the way the team worked, and it caused friction that took weeks to smooth out. I also found this page useful when trying to structure our approach to building a dedicated team: Blackthorn Vision
. It outlines different collaboration models and scaling strategies in a way that resonated with my own experience. So, in short, don’t rush to expand, make sure everyone understands their role, and keep communication as transparent as possible.- This reply was modified 1 month, 1 week ago by
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I agree with the point about cultural fit. In my experience, you can train someone on a new framework, but it’s much harder to fix poor communication or lack of teamwork. When people feel comfortable sharing problems early, you avoid bigger setbacks later.
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