No, you don't. The last thing you need on a team is a person who's first thing is to start whining about things that cannot be changed. Depends on what phase y

No, you don't. The last thing you need on a team is a person who's first thing is to start whining about things that cannot be changed. Depends on what phase your project is in. You can't start with a mediocre team and later try to hire rockstars. It can sometimes work the other way round, though. A complete change of platform is obviously not something a real rockstar would suggest when invited to a large, existing codebase. Much rather will he recognize a lost cause when he sees it and just politely decline. Note how I referred to the first iteration in my parent comment. I was aiming at the bootstrap phase of a startup where the initial choice between hiring a veteran for real stake or "going cheap" happens. Many people don't realize the consequences of "going cheap" at that point.