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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38112827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38112827 https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/1bodr0f/founding_engineer_is_just_the_worse_job_dont_do_it/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/1bodr0f/... https://www.teamblind.com/post/Hot-take-dont-be-a-founding-engineer-QTx8HtUh https://www.teamblind.com/post/Hot-take-dont-be-a-founding-e... tl;dr If you're going to be a CTO or founding engineer, make sure you are getting well compensated, either through salary (which start-ups generally can't do) or equity (which the founder won't generally give away).