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Hiring your early team

Lenny Rachitsky · Lenny's Newsletter Freemium Intermediate

Once no-code has carried you to traction, this is a grounded guide to building the early team you eventually need, including that first engineer. It helps you time the switch from doing it yourself to hiring, which is exactly where the short answer points. Save it for when the product clearly works.

• Hire when execution, not clarity, is your bottleneck.
• Early hires set how the whole company will build later.
• Wait for real traction before adding permanent engineering cost.