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The Single Hire Trap: Why Your First AI Engineer Fails at Sub-50 Person Companies

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[02]Sources

  1. First AI hires at small companies: the single hire trap - DEV Community
  2. AI Hiring Broken: Why Companies Need Operators Not Enthusiasts - DEV Community
  3. The Onboarding Gap is Killing your AI Agents
  4. We paid consultants a five-figure sum for AI advice that gave us nothing. Here's what actually worked. - DEV Community
  5. The CTO Who Flew Me Out Couldn't Spare Eight Minutes | Justin Bartak

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