OpenRouter hires 50% of engineers through open source contributions
intellectronica · x · 2026-08-27
An OpenRouter recruiter reveals that about 50% of their engineers are found through open source projects. Demonstrable curiosity and creativity, such as sharing high-quality open source work, is considered the '#1 ticket' for job seekers, significantly outperforming an 'unknown quantity' background.
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