What is a "founding engineer"? It must not mean founder, since then one would just say "founder". It's clearly not Director of Engineering, CTO, or VP o E.
I had just assumed this was new phrasing used by recruiters and business people trying to get early engineer hires that they don't want to give a real title to (because if/when the company grows they'll bring in adults to run things and get those titles.)
Note, seriously asking - and not trying to take imply anything negative about Marty's (whom I don't know) abilities, or contributions to Pinterest.
I had just assumed this was new phrasing used by recruiters and business people trying to get early engineer hires that they don't want to give a real title to (because if/when the company grows they'll bring in adults to run things and get those titles.)
Note, seriously asking - and not trying to take imply anything negative about Marty's (whom I don't know) abilities, or contributions to Pinterest.