The hardest role to hire in AI startups: meme-fluent, tasteful, technical operator
adelwu_ · x · 2026-10-08
An industry observer notes the hardest hire right now for AI startups: someone chronically online who knows trends, has taste and can create new media, understands AI and technical context, and executes with quality. A cited thread adds that at least 4 high-profile startups have been stealthily hiring for this kind of role in the past two weeks, under titles ranging from brand marketing and comms to storytelling and special projects — these roles are quietly exploding.
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