joshuahays

I've got a friend who owns a small company that is looking to improve the technology end of their business. It isn't a tech-centered company, but they need to improve upon what they have.

What should I tell him to expect to pay a junior developer and UI designer annually? He wouldn't need someone with lots of experience, just someone who could get the job done right and someone eager for a career. It would be full time salary, with benefits, would have their own office and is based in central Florida.

I was thinking mid 30's for UI designer and mid 40's for junior dev considering what I listed above. Thoughts?

Hello! Our startup is at the point now where we could really utilize some real-world testing but a problem we're having is getting the right alpha users. We essentially have two different users - a car buyer and a dealership. The problem is facilitating a test environment without it actually having to be launched... so all transactions would be 'pretend'.

Spoke with a YC startup last night who we are close friends with and they suggested to forget user (car buyer) testing and focus on dealership testing. In a sense, our 'alpha users' would be the dealerships and we could equate how many potential users each dealership would represent. Thought the idea was brilliant.

What would you suggest? If you need more info, I'd be happy to provide it - didn't want to hardcore self-promote. :)

Just curious as I continue to update ours not so much based on the product being improved but my desire to continually improve upon the branding. And by continue I mean 2-3 times a year.