Hiring Advice

Much of Silicon Valley is the reshuffling of uninspired, unremarkable individuals with one Great Brand on their resume, being recycled through tens of other Aspiring Great Brands. Do not outsource your talent evaluation to Brand identification, otherwise your company will suck.

Alexandr Wang twitter.com

sari

It takes less effort to interview three times as many people as it does to turn a mediocre performer into a star.

name twitter.com

Jordan Bester

Hire people who give a shit.

Alexandr Wang alexw.substack.com

sari

Exec Development is a Different Game

Cedric Chin commoncog.com

Mo Shafieeha

Why and how we do work trials at Linear

Zoe Wellner linear.app

andrea

Navigate the world on their own terms. The best high potential youth are often unconventional in some ways. And if you’re looking for someone unconventional and high potential, they’ll often have a rationale for their unconventional approach. Ideally they can describe their weird path in an internally coherent way without being egotistical or defe

Tara Seshan • How to Hire Low Experience, High Potential People

Brandy Cerne

Openness. You are not hiring a finished product, and therefore want to ensure the person is open to improvement and new ideas.

What to look for:
1. Coachability: This trait has two aspects: responding well to feedback, and being self-aware enough to assess their own performance.
2. Disagree and commit: Can they get out of their own ego and move forwa

Tara Seshan • How to Hire Low Experience, High Potential People

Brandy Cerne

Gokul Rajaram on designing your product development process, when and how to hire your first PM, a playbook for hiring leaders, getting ahead in you career, how to get started...

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Gaia Soykok

Only hire A-players; people that blow you away. As soon as you allow mediocrity into your team, it will rot your business from the inside forevermore.

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rob hardy