This morning I read a tweet in which a well-known developer, whom I follow and admire for a long time, expressed his core opinion on this topic:
I don't think we need more marketing or dhf budgets, instead we need more time / patience for developers to develop and builders to build.
Cost, quality and time are the most important variables of a project. "Developing with quality on time and on budget" may be the primary goal of any project.
Focusing on Development only, somehow makes you lose the environment in which you carry out the project. The environment changes, evolves so many developments run the risk of becoming obsolete before being finished.
Budget and cost are important, they make you differentiate and prioritize tasks and developments according to the project environment.
So, to say that the only thing a project needs is time is a terrible mistake IMO.
The projects are carried out in a defined time, at least planned with anticipation, then there may be delays that can endanger the project itself, making it fail or simply being late to deliver.
Software development projects work in progressive installments, so it is very common to establish what is called a ROADMAP.
HIVE in the current state may not be the best Social Blockchain in the world. It is true that we cannot stop refining and developing the first layer of the project so that the applications continue to develop in the second layer.
But, in order to develop applications in the second layer we need developers, and how do we attract developers to HIVE?
Do you realize?
How do we attract developers to HIVE?
In my opinion, the answer is the same as the one that can be applied for another important question:
How do we attract investors to HIVE?
The answer to this question is the consequence of, at the same time, answering questions as simple as the following:
Are we sure they know we exist? and by "they" I mean both, INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS.
How can we be sure they know about us?
How do we measure it?
In what media do we appear?
Where is the roadmap?
Are we doing our best to be visible?
... and if it is not the marketing aspect, what else can we improve?
