Ask HN: What does it take to work at an Early – Mid stage startup?

by HelloFellowDevson 9/24/2020, 10:56 PMwith 1 comments

What skills do you need to be impactful as an early engineer at what could be a high growth company?

Examples such as early days at Airtable, CockroachDB, Figma Dropbox, Stripe, Docker to name a few.

by rman666on 9/24/2020, 11:49 PM

The same thing it takes to work at any small company that’s trying to survive and grow: hard work, smart work, team work, being a self-starter, overtime, sacrifice, sub-optimal pay and benefits, heart, communications, the ability to speak up, the ability to bite your tongue, and more. What have I missed?