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I agree with your sentiment. Can anyone suggest alternative solutions? How should founders hire early engineers who feel invested in the company? - offer more

by rytill 4y ago

I agree with your sentiment. Can anyone suggest alternative solutions? How should founders hire early engineers who feel invested in the company? - offer more equity - offer more salary - offer the same position but with no “founding” title. (Would your rather work the same position with no “founding” title? Different title? “Foundational engineer”?) - get more co-founder engineers with 10%+ equity

solarmist 4y ago
Until a couple of years ago, the term I'd heard was "1st engineer" (also a bit ambiguous if there's a technical founder, but presumably they don't have "engineer" in their title) or "pick your own title," and that seemed fine to me, but also not satisfying. But other than that, yeah, I have the same questions. It's hard because even if you get into YC/other funding, it is impossible to match big companies.