{"id":5624,"date":"2013-10-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2020-03-30T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:10:08","slug":"can-many-things-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/professional-development\/can-many-things-time","title":{"rendered":"You can only do so many things at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Do What You Love is a new series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. In this edition, we sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leknarf13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Frankel<\/a>, the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/getlambda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lambda<\/a>\u2014here\u2019s what he shared:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Companies are always looking for flexible developers<\/strong>, especially startups not ready to hire full-time ones. So we built Lambda to connect startups with developers who aren\u2019t looking for full-time work or contracts. If there\u2019s a 3 or 4-week-long project, they\u2019re happy to work on the prototype and know how to build it well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some people can work at a desk for 50 hours a week, but others don\u2019t want that<\/strong>. They can work just as efficiently for 25 hours a week, and still make time for their families or a side project. It can be difficult to scale down the tasks you do full-time into a part-time model, so Lambda helps individuals do what they do now with more flexible options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am interested in that flexibility as well<\/strong>. I&#8217;m happy to work 60 hours a week when there\u2019s something essential that needs to be done, and I&#8217;m equally happy to step back and pause. When there\u2019s an expectation that you need to be at your desk day after day for a specific amount of time, it\u2019s not the best way to run your business or your personal life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can only do so many things at a given time<\/strong>. That\u2019s something I learned as a coach for a college fencing team of about 100 athletes. It was a complex organization to run, so it was important to delegate and find someone to take on the tasks I didn\u2019t have the immediate time for. Even today, I prioritize my projects and pick the ones I actually want to get done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The trait to look for in developers is an entrepreneurial mindset<\/strong>. You want someone who can make good decisions on what is or isn\u2019t important for what you want to build. That&#8217;s essential for early startups because there\u2019s less risk to scrap it and start from scratch again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s important to bring a developer early on in your project and ask for advice<\/strong>. Many people spec out their app or service before speaking to a developer, and they come up with features that are more complicated than they need to be. Bringing in a developer sooner rather than later can help you focus on simple tasks that can be done effectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-28-at-1.23.59-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3151\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-28 at 1.23.59 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-28-at-1.23.59-PM.png?w=350\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do What You Love is a new series that showcases the entrepreneurs behind emerging companies. In this edition, we sat down with Andrew Frankel, the founder of Lambda\u2014here\u2019s what he shared: Companies are always looking for flexible developers, especially startups not ready to hire full-time ones. 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