A founder-mentality developer. A great developer who's willing to take a pay cut for a larger amount of equity. Competition is fierce, and we're not in crypto :'(
When I was 19 I answered an ad for an internship. I met these 2 clowns in a chinese shop where the first thing they wanted from me was to sign an NDA. They were so hyper-protective of their product idea that I still don't know what it is. The most I got out of them is that it's some sort of dating app (this was years ago IDK where they are now).
I put their product on the side and talked to them about the company and this is what I learned:
Q: how many employees work here
A: it's just the two of us (2 founders)
Q: do we already have some product
A: no
Q: is this a paid position
A: yes (press x to doubt here)
Q: how much?
A: we can pay equity
Q: how much investment do you have
A: none
Q: how much equity do you want to give me?
A: how much do you want?
* wtf kind of a question was that, I thought I was interviewing for an internship*
Q: how is this an internship? This sounds to me like you're looking for an investor.
A: some mumbojumbo about what I'll learn running a company virtually by myself
Is this a common thing? Companies trying to 'hire' investors?