Founder's job-hunting advice: skip checkbox recruiters, prove skills upfront to startup CEOs
hackgoofer · x · 2026-09-28
A founder shares an alternative job-hunting path: ignore the 95% of companies that hire via strict checkbox screening and target startup CEOs instead. The route demands enormous uncertainty, unpaid upfront work, 50+ rejections, and constant creative problem-solving.
The core logic: every reasonable founder CEO will hire someone who can demonstrate upfront they can do the task—showing real delivered work beats resume checkboxes.
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