Founders · April 28, 2026
Contingency recruiter, in-house, or do it yourself: a founder's honest comparison
The three ways startups source senior engineers, what each really costs, and the break-even points, from a firm that only wins in one column.
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Founders · April 9, 2026
How to write a job post senior engineers will read to the end
Senior engineers spend seconds on a post and they are looking for four things. Most posts hide all four. A teardown, with the fix.
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Engineers · March 24, 2026
Startup equity at seed, Series A, and Series B: what to ask before you sign
The questions that tell you what an equity grant is worth, stage by stage, and the silences that should worry you.
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Engineers · March 5, 2026
Should you join a startup that just raised?
Funding recency is the most useful signal in a startup job search, and the easiest one to misread. How to use it, and when it should scare you off.
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Engineers · February 19, 2026
How a recruiting agency placement works, from the engineer's side
What happens between dropping a resume and signing an offer, what it costs you (nothing), and the questions worth asking any recruiter who contacts you.
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Where the numbers live
These notes sit on the live board. Pay, companies, and open roles each have their own page, and the research reports freeze a month of the same data.