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May I ask as a non-native English speaker - does this mean "how did you find your first employee" (like, assuming that you are a founder) or "your first job"?

I intuitively interpreted is as the former but it seems that many commenters here interpret it as the latter.

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The generally accepted interpretation is "first employee" but I can absolutely see how it could be taken the other way, especially by a non-native speaker.

Speaking as a native English speaker (US/California), I agree with you. "Your first hire" would be someone you hired, not (barring context) a job you were hired to do.

But... as I read the comments just 5 minutes after you posted yours, they also are overwhelmingly in favor of this interpretation. What are you seeing that has you confused?

I noticed that at least in Polish if you translated the question word by word it would look like the latter.

Google polish translation is even worse, it's about renting (like an apartment).

Just too much time had passed since I decided to post that comment until I finally posted it :) When I first opened the comment section, there were a couple of comments that confused me at the top.

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