[tedmiston]

Because it's generally not the case for early stage employees. The first couple hires, especially on engineering, definitely need to wear a variety of hats. In my first startup engineering gig, I did everything from front-end design and development to backend API work to helping people tech support their Macs and upgrading hardware in team computers, talking with potential investors, etc. Without a doubt, wearing multiple hats is the norm when joining a startup that's pre-seed up to Series A or so.