You will also get a pause in new hires in late December for the same reason. I've certainly accepted an offer late in the year and then didn't start until the n

You will also get a pause in new hires in late December for the same reason. I've certainly accepted an offer late in the year and then didn't start until the new year. Probably not as big of a rush as the end of school year rush in summer though. I also doubt that new people will be breaking production on day one. Even at a fast moving startup I'd expect it to take a bit to go through the onboarding paperwork, get a laptop and actually try pushing a change to production.