Olivia James

We ve been working with a developer in Germany for a while and would now like to bring them onto the team full-time.

The problem is that we don t have a German entity, and keeping them as a contractor doesn t really feel right once they re basically working as a regular employee.

Our accountant suggested looking at an employer of record, and G-P is one of the options we re considering so we wouldn t need to set up a company in Germany just for one person.

Has anyone here actually hired someone this way?

Building mostly solo so far and I'm starting to hit the point where I can't do everything. Support, small bug fixes, and posting about the product all eat into actual building time. My gut says get help with support first since that's the most repetitive, but I worry I'd lose touch with what users are actually struggling with. A part time developer feels like the obvious move too, but then I'd be managing instead of building. For those who went through this, what was your first hire or contractor and would you pick the same again?

I used to write changelogs the day after shipping but i d always forget half the details and end up with vague updates.

Now i write a quick line every time a feature gets finished. It keeps everything clear and actually helps me notice if a feature is too confusing before going live.

When do you guys usually prep your update notes and do your users even bother reading them?