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Comment by fizx | Hacker News Reader

Last year's "rock star" developer is this year's "co-founder".

Edit: Ok, that's a little snarky. Apologies. I think everyone's a bit tired of job postings that appeal to a false sense of ego. Can we call this position something factual, like "dev lead"?

PPS: In other thoughts, how does this affect resumes? Can you actually put "Co-founder, ClickPass" on your CV? What happens when your next potential employer asks about it?

Her: "What was it like starting a new company?"

You: "Well, actually, um ...."

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This was the correct amount of snarkiness to respond to this inanity. You do not need to apologize.

Hi Fizx, The position is for someone to lead development but also to help lead the overall strategy of a seedling product. It's a fairly unusual role.

The title of the post reflects this and is not to be misleading (after all the company has already been acquired). It's an indication of the founder-characteristics required from the position albeit with very good salary, bonus, equity and healthcare in return.

Then the title is Lead Developer and the small team on the product makes it clear that they'll be defining strategy as well. Maybe CTO if they're going to grow into more of a management role.

Adding founders after acquisition is just silly.

I'm going to follow the rule of not saying anything I wouldn't say if you were right here. So pretend we're having a beer:

I have to agree with fizx, I thought this was misleading. I wouldn't consider myself a cofounder without equity.

I appreciate your effort to get applicants excited about the position but I think the pool you're recruiting from sees through this stuff and would prefer you gave it to them straight.

Congrats on your acquisition, making it this far, and good luck bringing the next generation of talent up in your company!

Very small point, but equity is mentioned

I missed the equity bit when I looked at the post. My main point is many of us see through inflated titles and some (myself included) perceive them negatively.

Snarky, but true.

I've always wished there was an ISO standard for titles.

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