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by pyb 1634 days ago
Some shiftier startups have started to use the term "founding engineer" in their recruitment materials. I doesn't mean "cofounder" at all. Rather, it's a new, confusing term for "1st engineering hire" where you get hardly any equity and still most of the responsibility and workload associated with a cofounder role.
1 comments

Yes, agreed completely.

If you are looking to be a cofounder, "founding engineer" is far from it.