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Switching roles

Cadence has three roles: founder, engineer, partner. One account can hold all three. Here is how the switching works.

The basics

  • Your login is shared across roles. One email, one set of credentials.
  • Each role has its own dashboard at /dashboard/founder, /dashboard/engineer, /dashboard/partner.
  • The role switcher lives in the top-right of the dashboard. Click your avatar, pick the role.

How to add a role

  1. Sign in with your existing account.
  2. Open /onboarding/founder, /onboarding/engineer, or /onboarding/partner depending on what you are adding.
  3. Each role has its own onboarding (founder is fastest, engineer requires the voice interview, partner requires approval).
  4. After approval, switch into that role from the dashboard.

Conflicts of interest

  • You cannot be matched as an engineer with a founder you have an active engagement with from your founder role.
  • You cannot earn a partner commission on yourself: founder-self or engineer-self referrals are blocked.
  • You can earn a partner commission on engineers you bring even while you are taking bookings yourself, no conflict.

Why people use multiple roles

  • Engineers who become partners earn 5% on every engineer they refer plus 10% on every founder, on top of their bookings.
  • Founders who become partners earn recurring on every founder they refer to other founders.
  • Founders who add engineer can take occasional bookings if they have a quiet stretch.

Removing a role

Email hello@cadence.work. We do not auto-remove because active partner referrals or active bookings need to wind down cleanly.

Anything else, hello@cadence.work. Back to help center.