Ask HN: My YC company is hiring one engineer/day but there's not enough work

I asked an AI to write this for me so my bosses can’t identify me based on my writing style. I work at a YC company. It’s not really a startup anymore — we’re well past that phase. We’re hiring at an insane pace right now, roughly one new software engineer per day. The weird part is… I don’t feel like there’s that much work to do. I’m not saying there’s no work, but the pace of hiring feels disconnected from reality. I don’t see enough meaningful projects, clear ownership, or actual execution needs to justify this kind of growth. It doesn’t make sense to me. I feel uncomfortable about it, but I also feel stuck. The job is good. The salary is good. Objectively, I’m lucky. And with the current market — especially with AI changing everything so fast — I’m scared to quit. It doesn’t feel like a safe time to voluntarily jump ship. After seeing what happened with Bolt and similar companies that rapidly expanded headcount, I can’t shake the feeling that this is just a headcount inflation phas