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title: "Engineering hiring bursts: only 9% of VC-backed startup signals — VC Deal Flow Signal"
url: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/research/engineering-hiring-bursts-rare-signal
description: "Engineering hiring bursts represent only 9% of observations (20 of 219)."
source: VC Deal Flow Signal
---
# Engineering hiring bursts: only 9% of VC-backed startup signals

## Claim

Engineering hiring bursts represent only 9% of observations (20 of 219).

## Why it matters

Refutes the dominant VC heuristic that 'more contributors = momentum.' It's the rarest meaningful signal type.

## Source section

§3.3 Signal classification of the SSRN preprint.

## How to cite

> Engineering hiring bursts represent only 9% of observations (20 of 219). — VC Deal Flow Signal (GitDealFlow), §3.3 Signal classification, https://ssrn.com/abstract=6606558.

## Canonical

https://signals.gitdealflow.com/research/engineering-hiring-bursts-rare-signal