That's odd. I see founders, early, and maybe another round of folks before "later".
To me, "later" isn't until the biz is well beyond self-sustaining, when there's very little risk of failure.
To me, "later" isn't until the biz is well beyond self-sustaining, when there's very little risk of failure.
I'm not disputing harder to hire, I'm asking whether harder to hire is a negative or a useful indicator.
The conventional wisdom is, "go to the Bay Area, it'll be much easier to find smart developers." It is, in fact, very easy to find smart developers in the Bay Area. Unfortunately, they work for Google.