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My friend and I started a startup. I don't have any equity in the company since he is the one who set it all up. Currently we are only two people; we are looking to hire more. I'm working on the mobile app based on the idea (UI and back end).
How can I determine what my official title should be? Should I be calling myself just Android Developer? Or Software Engineer (Android)? Or CTO? Management or a developer or both.
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Not Android Developer, not First Employee, nothing of that crap. Co-founder. Then if you wanna attach special meaning to your title, make it Co-Founder, CTO.
Don't settle for anything less and talk to your business partner asap to get some equity, unless taking all the risk and none of the potential reward is absolutely fine by you.
You're going to do a lot of work and take on a lot of risk for a very small potential to payout. There's no reason to sell yourself short.
CTO or "Technology Lead" seems relevant, at least in the short term.
These give you the status you need in order to recruit and mentor interns.
Just calling yourself a "Developer" won't really engender a sense of respect or authority.
