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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?

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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.

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).

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