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My co-founder is a genius coder and that's the fkn problem

I'm 23M. My friend, same age as me, is literally one of the most brilliant programmers I know - built his first app at 15 and won every hackathon in college. We started a SaaS startup 6 months ago that helps small businesses automate their inventory. Got a 500k seed round cause investors loved his tech demo. But I'm losing my fucking mind dealing with him. He codes like a genius when he wants to, but that's the problem - when he wants to. Won't show up till 2pm cause "he codes better at night". Won't push updates for weeks then drops massive changes at 3am that break everything. Our beta users are pissed cause features they need are sitting in his "almost done" list for months while he builds random shit that excites him. I handle everything else - customer support, investor updates, sales calls, documentation, bug reports, and he still has the nerve to say I don't understand tech enough. His new gaming friends are over at our office all the time for "LAN parties" that last till morning while I'm trying to run a fucking company. Don't get me wrong - when he actually sits down to code, he's incredible. Built our core product in 2 weeks. But now he's more interested in playing League of Legends and watching coding livestreams than fixing critical bugs. Says "real startups don't have fixed hours" whenever I bring it up. I really need advice. We have a product that could be huge, users who actually want to pay us, but I'm watching it all slip away cause my co-founder would rather speedrun Elden Ring than talk to customers. I don't wanna lose a friend but my mental health is fucked from carrying this whole thing alone.

My code is clean, but my appraisal rating is average. Why?

I spent the first 8 years of my career thinking "If I just code better, I'll get promoted." I was wrong. I watched average coders become Team Leads and Managers because they knew how to "handle" the client and the boss. In Indian IT, technical skills get you the job, but "Soft Skills" (Politics) get you the hike. I got tired of losing arguments to non-technical managers, so I built a "Simulator for Office Politics." It tests if you can handle a Production Outage or a Toxic Manager without ruining your reputation. Try the first scenario (it's free). I want to know if this feels like your office or if I'm exaggerating. https://apmcommunication.com/scenario/backchannel-vp

m2p fintech layoffs day in day out at mumbai floor.

The very basic problem M2P is facing is- their core banking system project is written in play framework and EJS. Not even experienced (3-6YoE) dev wants to put their hand in the 24*7 constantly breaking code. They are hiring good coders with experience and handsome pay packages and the coder soon sees the system and switches to another company. Now it is rumoured that they are laying off the Mumbai floor and taking the cbs product to the Chennai floor.