Hiring Advice

The job description Bezos wrote for his very first employee said, “You must have experience designing and building large and complex (yet maintainable) systems, and you should be able to do so in about one-third the time that most competent people think possible.

1. 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.
   
   
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Openness. You are not hiring a finished product, and therefore want to ensure the person is open to improvement and new ideas.

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   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

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