FoundersAreHiring

My Co-Founder Pulled Me Into This and I'm Glad He Did

When Nik first told me about the idea behind FoundersAreHiring (FAH), I didn't jump in immediately. At the time, I was buried in backend work, debugging infra issues, scaling systems, improving developer tooling. Hiring felt like a necessary pain, not something I wanted to fix.

But Nik kept bringing it up. We've built a lot together, so when he's stuck on an idea for weeks, I pay attention.

Then it happened. I had to screen over a dozen resumes for a role we posted. All the resumes looked good. None of the candidates could explain what they actually did. That's when it hit me: hiring doesn't work the way we work.

I'm a Builder at Heart

I've spent most of my time building infrastructure and backend systems. Crypto platforms, internal tools, financial services you name it.

I like logs. I like systems that don't go down. But even the best code falls apart if you have the wrong people on the team.

Hiring became a problem I couldn't ignore.

I tried automating resume filters. I wrote test challenges. I asked technical questions. Still, I'd lose hours talking to candidates who didn't care, didn't fit, or just wanted to check a box.

Nik Saw It Coming. I Helped Build the Fix.

He was ahead of me on this one. Nik had been dealing with the same issues, but from a founder's seat.

He didn't want another bloated job portal or an ATS with 50 fields. He wanted a simple, clean, and honest way to connect with the right people.

So we built it. No roadmap deck. No pitch. Just real frustration turned into a working product.

What We Built and Why

1. Founders and candidates talk directly

   No recruiters. No waiting. Just straight conversation from day one.

2. Weekly curated drops, no spam

   You don't scroll endlessly. You get a short list of high-signal roles or candidates once a week.

3. Focus on real-world fit

   Job posts and profiles highlight work style, ambiguity comfort, equity logic things that matter more than buzzwords.

4. Filters that actually work

   We block low-intent, copy-paste applications. The backend literally removes junk so you don't have to.

I didn't plan to build a hiring platform. But now I can't imagine working without it.

If you're a founder or operator tired of wasting time and energy on broken hiring flows, check out FAH.

We built it for ourselves. You might just find it useful too.