The hardest role to hire in AI startups: tasteful, online, technical operators
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-10-08
@adelwu says every AI startup wants the same rare hire: chronically online, has taste and creates new media, understands AI and tech, and executes with quality. @thdxr responds that if the founder can't do it themselves, they'll never be able to hire for it — it feels buyable, but it never works.
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