Hiring Advice

@mckaywrigley I have a bunch of questions I ask. What would you build for yourself? What did previous companies you've worked for need? What are you an expert in? What have you noticed recently that seemed broken? If you were going to build something just for fun, what would it be?

Paul Graham x.com

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How to Find a Co-Founder

Erik Torenberg eriktorenberg.substack.com

King

How to interview product managers

Lenny Rachitsky lennysnewsletter.com

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Here’s Why You’re Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest

Jeff Atwood review.firstround.com

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Kwan’s Hierarchy of Product Needs: The Four Levels of Product Managers | Heavybit

Heavy Bit heavybit.com

Kassen Qian

High EQ + Persuasion. People who have a clear-headed view of a situation, and the soft skills/influence chops to bend the environment to their will, are especially valuable. It’s an underrated skill.
1. What to look for:

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

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Find Your People

joincolossus.com

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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

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dreamers addicted to reality instead of realists addicted to dreams. -Neri Oxman on what she looks for when hiring

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