FounderFiles · Career Shape Quiz
Which Founder File shape are you?
Six questions, no LinkedIn scraping, no profile storage. Get your Career Shape, nearest FounderFiles reference class, and a downloadable Context JSON you can inject into a chat or deep-research session.
The quiz is stateless. Classification runs entirely in your browser from the six answers you select — nothing is sent to a server, and nothing is stored.
The full basis
The six Founder File shapes
I-Beam Theorist
I-shaped — a single maximal-depth spike
single maximal-depth spike, theory-first, rarely commercializes
π-Bridge
π-shaped — two deep spikes bridged by a general layer
two deep spikes, imports one field's prior into another, delayed gratification
Tree-Canopy Autodidact
tree-shaped — depth across many branches of one field
self-taught, depth across branches of one field, legibility instinct
Comb Operator
comb / M-shaped — multiple deep competencies
many competencies, bootstrap/patron capital, durability moat, long horizon
T-Primitive Builder
T-shaped — one spike opened into broad collaboration
one engineering spike opened into a product primitive
Dash Velocity Generalist
dash-shaped — pure breadth, the inverse of I
breadth + orchestration, velocity as the moat