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jennalk··on Ask HN: What's it like working at early-stage YC startups?
Thanks for the insight. Since they're post-pivot and hunting for PMF, I’m trying to gauge the panic vs focus ratio.

Does this stage inevitably turn engineering into a feature factory just to close deals? I'm worried the roadmap will become 'whatever the client screams for' rather than building a scalable core. Any specific questions I can ask the founders to sniff that out?