Back to Square One
September 2009
At this point, I had commissioned a recent U of M graduated named Dave to build my website. As excited and impressed as I was, I really had no idea what I was doing. When Dave sent me his first rendering of the website, I remember thinking how thrilled I was that there was someone actually building from the blueprints I had dreamt up. In hindsight, I realize that there is no way I could have used the website he had put together, but this was still the first time my dream had become something more than a business plan.
During this process, my biggest concern was getting hosting for the site. After all, Dave was a one man operation, so I couldn’t expect him to host the site. So, I did some research, picked a hosting company, and we were off and running.
About a week later, I received an e-mail from Dave. The company that had given him his internship decided to extend the program for another three months, which would likely turn into a full-time position. He told me that he had thought about it, and he was going to take the extension. They would be giving him a salary, benefits, and insurance- I couldn’t compete with that. I completely understand his decision, and perhaps I would have done the same thing, but without a developer, I was back at square one.
I told Dave to keep in touch; maybe we would work together once again in the future. Luckily, Dave was very kind and understanding. He helped me draft up the qualifications for a website developer job posting. Not that I knew what to do with them, but it was a start.
