The team was young and inexperienced but I wanted to believe in them. Too bad they did not want to believe in me. Laid off shortly after moving to San Francisco. First time I've ever had to break a lease. I also left the best job of my career to join them.
My advice to others; don't join startups before they've at least reach series B.
When you join a company that young there are other risks aside from the product itself. i.e Do they even know what roles they should be hiring for?
So many red flags that I missed: - emphasis on being in office when all the other engineers worked remote from the other side of the world - overly easy interview process - fake customers (Founder had connections in those companies)
Hopefully someone else can learn from my mistake.
The easy interview process has always bothered me. It hasn't entirely burned me yet, but I always feel uneasy if I don't feel challenged during an interview. Maybe it's some weird form of Stockholm Syndrome or something compared to the usual complete disrespect of resumes in our field.