He asked a founder about openings. The reply was a warning label.

An out-of-work engineer messaged a US startup founder to ask about vacancies and got something closer to a warning label than a job description: no personal life, ego left at the door, mandatory night shifts from a physical office, and a heads-up that he would be called dumb on a regular basis. He posted the exchange to r/developersIndia, where the crowd's verdict arrived quickly and unanimously — run.