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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