On: Ask HN: What reasonable person would work as a fou...

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> If you really had these attributes you'd be much better off starting your own company.

Isn’t „founding engineer” actually starting the company? If not, what does the „founding” mean here?

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A "Founding Engineer" is usually someone who's too late to the game to be a founder but so early that they'll contribute virtually as much value as the founders over time but only take home ~1.5% equity and a sub-market salary.