Founders

probably a YMMV situation but what do y’all think makes more sense for a pre-PMF company with < 5 employees:

1. hire slowly, only the perfect technical & culture fits
2. bring on whoever to progress the company even if you’re compromising (ie doesn’t care about product, remote vs in-person, not communicative)

I think the only stickler is in-person. The founding dev you're looking for has way more leverage and offers that you have to compete with. Devs like working async too. But look slowly and you will find someone. 

source: i hired a lot of founding engineers for 3+ seed/series a startups