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How can an engineer become employee #1 or #2 of a fast-growing YC startup? How important is networking (knowing the right people) vs simply having the right credentials/experience?

What sort of advice does YC offer founders when it comes to hiring early employees?

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Many YC companies post job ads for engineers on HN. That's a great way to start. Nearly all are constrained in how quickly they can hire great engineers, so you can also probably just email the CEO directly.

Our advice is: Hire slowly Be very generous with equity *Have a very high bar for early employees

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