> And usually, first employees just don't share the passion for a startup in the same amount founders do, which means there's probably less self-initiative and less contribution to the product itself.
As someone once put it:
Give me 1%, and you get 1% of me.
Give me 10%, and I will be motivated.
Give me 30%, and I will ask for 20 and work harder than you ever thought it was possible for a human being to work.
PS: "At the end of the day, their job will only be transforming my thoughts into code." is a really really really bad signal to be giving. With that mindset you've probably made it onto the blacklist of most developers. The only ones you'll be able to get are the ones who can't get a job anywhere else.
I'd really work on that attitude if I were you. Friendly advice as a Slovenian to a fellow Slovenian.
As someone once put it:
Give me 1%, and you get 1% of me.
Give me 10%, and I will be motivated.
Give me 30%, and I will ask for 20 and work harder than you ever thought it was possible for a human being to work.
PS: "At the end of the day, their job will only be transforming my thoughts into code." is a really really really bad signal to be giving. With that mindset you've probably made it onto the blacklist of most developers. The only ones you'll be able to get are the ones who can't get a job anywhere else.
I'd really work on that attitude if I were you. Friendly advice as a Slovenian to a fellow Slovenian.