Types of People Startups Should Hire, but Don’t

Re:Types of People Startups Should Hire, but Don’t by lucozade on Thursday March 22, 2018 @04:19PM (#16652339)

Just make the heading on the section be “4 month internship at blah”. That should be fine.

You may have met a CTO that wasn’t paying attention but that’s not the problem here. Having short periods of work while you’re studying is fine.

Flipping more than a couple of full time jobs is a big red flag. You need a really good reason.

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Re:Types of People Startups Should Hire, but Don’t by chadash on Thursday March 22, 2018 @04:24PM (#16652385)

Agree with you. Caveat is that a "couple" can vary based on the length of your career. If you have been working for 20 years and in that time, you had 3 jobs that you only held for 6 months, I'd look at that very differently than someone with a shorter career span.

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Re:Types of People Startups Should Hire, but Don’t by lucozade on Thursday March 22, 2018 @05:19PM (#16652801)

That’s fair. It’s the narrative that counts. If you look like you’re a good investment then you might be asked to explain but, at least, you’ll probably have the opportunity.

If your history says risk then you need something special to counteract it or you won’t get the chance.

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