I understand both points of view on the usage of the term "hacker" but I think most people are missing the key point of the post.
Payroll is incredibly difficult to do. Even more so to do well. Having spent many, many years in the space I can honestly say that it is one of the most taxing systems I've ever been involved with.
A lot of startups and the folks that are interested in them are looking for cool, hip and fast moving projects to jump in and out of. For people of that mindset, payroll is one of those fields where you will be consistently frustrated.
It is filled with thousands/millions of a little one-off rules (per employee, per state/province, per country, per vertical/horizontal etc. etc.) that it can drive a type-A go-getter insane. I think it is better to get that out of the way first before possibly attracting the wrong type of talent.
Payroll is incredibly difficult to do. Even more so to do well. Having spent many, many years in the space I can honestly say that it is one of the most taxing systems I've ever been involved with.
A lot of startups and the folks that are interested in them are looking for cool, hip and fast moving projects to jump in and out of. For people of that mindset, payroll is one of those fields where you will be consistently frustrated.
It is filled with thousands/millions of a little one-off rules (per employee, per state/province, per country, per vertical/horizontal etc. etc.) that it can drive a type-A go-getter insane. I think it is better to get that out of the way first before possibly attracting the wrong type of talent.