I'm working for a startup with no equity. I'm very skilled and in my country there aren't many good startups to work to.<p>Our team is composed of a CEO, a designer, 2 back-end developer(me and another), front-end developer, a social media girl and a secretary.<p>Here's the deal, the designer is really close to the CEO(friendshit) and gets a day off every fucking week, the front-end guy don't like to take orders(or isn't much interested in the startup success), the other backend guy is dating the secretary, the social media girl don't do shit and send wrong e-mails. I try really hard to find people that I can work with and are passionate about work, but I find none. How can I learn how to lead? How do I fix them without any powers?<p>I've been working here for a month and since I started the traffic DOUBLED and our main page load decreased by over 10x(shit n+1 queries noob previous developers, lazy load and cache properly configured -- did it all alone).<p>I don't mind getting fired, I'm going to get a better job anyways. And I don't want to start my own startup: all my projects fail and I don't have high social skills.<p>I want success way more than money or being right but this is fucking hard when everybody is so unmotivated(or lazy).
Please, don't take this the wrong way. But reading your post, it comes across a bit arrogant. How is it possible that everyone on the team is lazy and useless apart from you?<p>When you say: "And I don't want to start my own startup: all my projects fail and I don't have high social skills." I would suggest you to ask yourself WHY your projects fail. Perhaps what you really should do is to improve your social skills and try to be more humble?<p>My advice to you is, work hard, be humble, don't obsess what other people do. And eventually you will shine.
If the work ethic is lacking among your team members, my best advice is to quit and get another job where people are pursuing excellence. Your work environment and co-workers are very important. Don't settle.