"Slop Engineer" is the hardest role to hire for at AI startups right now
mallow610 · x · 2026-10-11
mallow610 argues the hardest role to hire for at AI startups is the "Slop Engineer": someone chronically online who knows the trends, has taste and can create new media, understands AI technically, and executes with operator-level quality. The intersection of these four traits, he says, is a tiny niche almost nobody fits.
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