Aida: Early-Stage Founders Must Hire Architecture Engineers First
Takeshi "TK" Aida · Gong of Japan Hits $20m Revenue with just $15m Raised! Prime Takeover Target? · Jan 10, 2023 · at 8:55
Takeshi 'TK' Aida, founder of RevCom/MiiTel, explains his engineering recruitment philosophy to Nathan Latka, breaking down engineering archetypes.
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“And so what early stage founder should find is the architecture engineer who are strong at architecture engineer. Because if the architecture is not well architected, then you have to rebuild in at some point.”
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