I'm a UX lead who's going to be the product guy in a new start-up. It'a data driven financial services product for a niche but high spending market.<p>We're well funded but we don't currently have a tech director on board.<p>We're considering outsourcing the initial build of the platform/site while we create an internal team.<p>Is this a good idea or nuts? Anyone had a similar experience?
What do you consider as a tech director role?<p>Outsourcing works if you have all of these:<p>- solid understanding what technology you are using and how the contractor party will provide you the implementation<p>- solid understanding what the business requirement is and how you will communicate with the contractor party<p>If you have a single person who is able to communicate both, the outsourcing should be OK. Another consideration is the know-how: if your services are easy to copy, handling out the implementation part to a third party might not be a good idea at all.