The hardest role to hire in AI startups: tasteful, chronically online builders
willcb · x · 2026-10-10
@threepointone notes the hardest role to hire for right now — one every AI startup wants — is someone chronically online, with taste, able to create bespoke hardware and visual identity, executing at high quality (often at night). Such a tiny niche of people fits. brada's surprised reply highlights how AI hiring now targets all-purpose indie builders rather than traditional engineers.
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