Honest Consulting
summary
Company run for five years practices five decision pillars: honesty—turn down work outside expertise and give blunt estimates (example: tell client six months not four, or reduce scope); direct developer-client communication—developers write a detailed questions doc and own requirements to avoid middlemen; quality—set up CI/CD, testing and even migrated from Play to Spring Boot to reduce tech debt; knowledge sharing—blog posts, open source and weekly/ monthly retrospectives; remote-first culture, small teams, and hiring pain around juniors and growth past ~50 staff.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction to honest consulting
- 2:13Founding Kurumi and its mission
- 5:09Core principles of Kurumi
- 6:15Pillar one: Honesty in consulting
- 11:14Pillar two: Direct communication
- 15:54Pillar three: Quality focus
- 22:05Pillar four: Knowledge sharing
- 25:41Pillar five: Remote philosophy
- 31:18Challenges of ethical consulting
- 37:23Hiring and junior developers
- 40:16Growth and hiring struggles
- 43:58Staying small and agile
- 45:43Other companies with similar values
- 47:35Q&A and closing
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