Yep, when I was hiring I tried to do that as much as possible as well. Bring people on for short contracts and then go fulltime (which obviously then brought eq

Yep, when I was hiring I tried to do that as much as possible as well. Bring people on for short contracts and then go fulltime (which obviously then brought equity) if it made sense. Now I'm back working freelance, I also prefer that. I'd be fairly reluctant to take on a fulltime post without having worked with the team for a while first.