I discovered that one of the best ways to measure how well a company is growing, especially private companies that don't disclose information easily, is to follow how many open roles they have on their careers page. As a Software Engineer I used this to avoid companies that were hiring but were on a downward hiring trajectory, and subsequently were doing poorly as a startup. I also used this as supplemental analysis to a Palantir trade I opened when the stock was at $9. And I'm now using this approach again to look for my next job opportunity, except I've built an app that allows others to do the same easily.
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