Scaling Your First Engineering Hire

March 14, 2026 | 47:32 | Episode 1

How to evaluate, onboard, and set expectations for your first engineering hire as a non-technical founder.

Transcript

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00:00 - Introduction and attendee questions

05:12 - When do you actually need to hire vs outsource?

12:30 - What “senior” actually means (and how to test for it)

24:15 - Onboarding your first dev without a CTO

35:00 - Setting expectations and measuring output

42:00 - Q&A

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