Being a successful founder = eating humble pie everyday

Saw someone commenting on a founder with 5-6 yoe hiring for 8+ yoe employee. As founders you have to be able to hire and work with people smarter and more experienced than you, in domains that aren't even your expertise necessarily. It's a huge gamble for founders and involves many hiring mistakes before getting it right and locking down long term employees interested in working at least 3-5 years with some hope of ESOP exit. Most won't stick around for more than a year or two, and even founders know that very well, hence they offer realistic terms that work for them but might not work for potential employees. The thing about good employees is that they will call you out on anything that needs improvement in the business/product point blank. They have high standards for themselves and founders both. And they bring an outsider's perspective that the core team starts losing over time unless they are involved in customer support actively. And ofc, gotta be respectful towards them if you want them to stay and not leave too soon. But also gotta keep them in check in case they cross lines. Very difficult to balance imo. I can only imagine how AI coworker agents will change the dynamics and team sizes in the next 5-10 years.