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5 January 2026, 13:36
2026-01-05
A Ukrainian IT project is looking for a "falsifier" for AI ideas. This vacancy "for a toxic person who will mercilessly criticize everything" has aroused lively interest on LinkedIn
Startup.biz.ua, an IT project that combines EdTech and HR, has opened a vacancy for a position they called a "forger." This is a kind of "toxic person" who will criticize everything mercilessly. On LinkedIn, this role has aroused so much interest that all interview slots are currently occupied, and the post has already received over 200 comments. Here's what dev.ua learned about this unusual vacancy.
Startup.biz.ua, an IT project that combines EdTech and HR, has opened a vacancy for a position they called a "forger." This is a kind of "toxic person" who will criticize everything mercilessly. On LinkedIn, this role has aroused so much interest that all interview slots are currently occupied, and the post has already received over 200 comments. Here's what dev.ua learned about this unusual vacancy.
The open vacancy for a "forger" — this is the scientific name for this position — was announced on LinkedIn by Andriy Rogovsky, a strategic partner of Wellfound Europe (Ukraine) — a company that is a partner of startup.biz.ua for internships and employment.
For reference
startup.biz.ua is an educational IT platform that offers a free training program with guaranteed internship and subsequent employment. The main goal of the project is to help people without experience in IT get paid work. Key areas of study: FullStack, AI/ML and DataScience.
What is the task of the "forger"?
The official task in this position is to criticize mercilessly, even if you like everything, as well as to dig into weak points and ask the most unpleasant questions.
That's why the post says it's "a position for a toxic person to play Devil's Advocate."
Why such a position?
The need to introduce such a role arose due to artificial intelligence.
As Andriy explained to dev.ua, applicants to participate in the IT program often come up with unrealistic ideas using AI to fill out the application.
AI itself, which is known for its flexibility, is not capable of working in "criticism" mode. Therefore, they plan to transfer this role to a human to avoid failed projects in the future.
Requirements and responsibilities
We need a specialist with fact-checking and critical thinking skills.
"Understanding the illogicality of people, the ability to think like a fool. The ability not to just say 'no', but to convince why 'yes' will be worse," Andriy added.
According to the post, the vacancy includes the following responsibilities (we quote verbatim):
to anger sweet, positively-minded teams, to harshly throw them from heaven to earth and trample them in the dirt;
to spoil the unhealthy working atmosphere, to show everyone who they really are, so that the team finally starts doing what is needed and stops doing what is not needed;
ask stupid questions, predict negative scenarios, hear with your gut where problems are possible;
save from potential losses.
How is the hiring process?
According to Andriy, the hiring process is classic: "An interview to understand whether such a job would be interesting to the candidate and whether the candidate himself would be interesting to the team."
Candidates will also take a test task. "This is a demonstration of actual skills on a practical example, when part of the project is realistic and the other part is fiction. You need to determine this," Andriy explained.
The salary will be determined based on the test results.
"The size of the salary and other parameters are determined not by me, but by the partner. But I can say for sure that there is money in this area - for example, Meta officially hires Juns and pays serious money. Many do this without advertising," Andriy added.
Unexpectedly for the startup.biz.ua team itself, the vacancy gained considerable popularity.
"There are a lot of applicants, all the interview slots are taken, I didn't even think that a vacancy would come up like this. I'm sure everyone is tired of the positivity that AI or the environment generates," Andriy said in a comment to dev.ua.
