One annoyance I have with VC funded startups is how they all try and use the same playbook. Founders are generally inexperienced. Likely good ICs, very good tal

One annoyance I have with VC funded startups is how they all try and use the same playbook. Founders are generally inexperienced. Likely good ICs, very good talkers, but not capable of holistically building a company from the ground up. They hire the same roles, in the same order. So many small startups will have over embellished leaders, who are 'head of' or 'director of' something, with 1-2 or sometime zero direct reports. You'll hear how "We NEED a" head of UX, data, support, etc. These types don't want to do the IC work, but want to be 'early stage'. Those people come in, buy the same crap SaaS tools and institute the same culture as the previous place. Maybe this is changing with money tightening up, but it can be off-putting. When considering a new job, I look at who works there, and if its a small company, with inflated titles and people with short tenure everywhere, its a pass.