Mike's Notes
A highly skilled remote workforce will be required when Ajabbi scales. Finding people will be the thing.
I like PostHog, so I checked the PostHog Handbook to see what they do. Start with contractors and pay them well.
PostHog uses SaaS called Deel to perform all the administrative tasks of paying contractors. Deel can provide this service in 200 countries, using multiple currencies and payment methods to keep people happy.
Resources
- https://www.deel.com/payroll/hire-contractors/
- https://www.deel.com/pricing/
- https://newsletter.posthog.com/p/43-things-weve-learned-about-hiring
- https://posthog.com/handbook
- https://posthog.com/handbook/company/culture
- https://www.blog.ajabbi.com/2025/02/the-four-team-types-from-team-topologies.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
References
Repository
- Home > Handbook > Teams
Last Updated
13/04/2025
A workforce for Ajabbi
Mike is the inventor and architect of Pipi and the founder of Ajabbi.
A community is slowly growing around Pipi 9. People are helping test the open-source aspects and acting as a sounding board for me to bounce crazy ideas off.
Sometime later this year, the 95% hidden parts of Ajabbi will become updated, visible and go live, with a proper home page that is interesting and changes. A demo version will become available. Open-source apps will appear on GitHub. The community grow more, and early adopters gather.
If Pipi 9 works as designed and tested, it will make money solving some enormous, expensive problems.
These surplus funds will go to a foundation to support the community and fund a research outfit with a paid workforce to support the closed core.
I am being sneaky. Bletchley Park had the right idea to find the code crackers, and I'm doing the same. See if you can find the puzzle and then solve it.
My approach is to find good people first and then find them jobs. There will be plenty to do.
Whenever I meet people in person or online, I ask myself, "Could I work with this person?"
I expect everyone to prove their worth by what they do and how they act. Attitude comes first. I learned this in Christchurch while leading one of the large earthquake recovery groups.
Take people on as contractors first, see how they go. Then ...
I am a loyal and generous person by nature. I like to work with the same people I know well and trust. Prove yourself, and the door will always be open.
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