How to Hire Your First Engineer

Re:How to Hire Your First Engineer by h4b4n3r0 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:29PM (#17814821)

I was employee #1 at a startup. Right out of the gate our medical was better than Google’s. Having been exposed to the financial side of things, the cost difference between shitty and decent insurance for employees was inconsequential in the overall cost of doing business.

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Re:How to Hire Your First Engineer by angersock on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:31AM (#17817011)

I was engineering hire #1, and we had no insurance and pay was half market rate, but at least the founders were incompetent and abusive depending on the day.

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Re:How to Hire Your First Engineer by h4b4n3r0 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @06:23AM (#17817653)

And therein lies a valuable lesson: don't be employee #1 if you don't know the founders personally, or can otherwise make sure they have a good track record.

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