Alexander’s Blog – The Making of LetMeGo

I have written about the ideal size of development teams here and here. In short, I consider that a product developer and manager, like myself, should not try to handle a development team of more than six people. I’m currently managing seven or, better put, one too many.

What to do if I want to increase the size of the dev team, anyway? Build another team, of course! Building a new team is not easy, though. In the case of LetMeGo, the first step is to find the leader for said team: a person with experience in software architecture, software development, quality assurance, product development, project management, customer experience management, and marketing. Luckily, I happen to know a person with said skills: Alberto Dominguez.

Alberto worked for a few months with Torrenegra Labs, the parent company of LetMeGo, doing research. Before that, Alberto was project developer with StudioCom where he was in charge of MyCokeRewards.com, among other projects, for several years.

Alberto won’t be managing people initially. Before I allow him to build a team and delegate tasks, he will have to show me what parts of the product development process he can handle perfectly (yes, I’m a mad perfectionist!). Only then I will allow him to hire people for his team.

Bringing Alberto to the team is quite a bet, both for him and for LetMeGo, as we are not $elf-$ustainable yet. Fortunately, Alberto has an entrepreneurial drive and he is willing to assume the challenge. As for LetMeGo, I believe that luck is just a matter of taking advantage of opportunities when they show up. Hiring Alberto may be one of those moments that define luck for me. Welcome to the team Alberto!

Alexander Torrenegra

You can follow Alberto in Twitter (in a feed containing a potpourri of both English and Spanish) at @simpleprojectz.