The Programmer’s Price: Agents for the New Rock Stars
Solomon had also been struck by the developers’ lack of business savvy: when he hired them, they didn’t negotiate; they just took the first offer. He and Blumberg realized that they were dealing with “a really familiar personality type”: talented people with zero business skills. “We were, like, ‘This is a musician! This is what we’re used to!’ That was the light-bulb moment,” Solomon said.