[bspear]

How I got in: referral from friend who found the startup through another friend.

Why I joined: Was tired of big tech and wanted to learn faster. Founders were smart. Ran a surprisingly tight interview process.

Advice: if I were to reverse-engineer this, I would follow Seed-Series A investments from Tier 1 firms. These are the highest-signal companies.

[muzani]

Tier 1 firms (YC, 500 startups?) are great, but honestly they do invest in a lot of crap too. Glassdoor has some surprisingly tiny companies and they're useful for flagging issues. I do bring up these issues in the interviews and let the interview address them fairly.