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Ben Horowitz and Brian Armstrong on Building and Overcoming the Hard Things

a16z Podcast

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Is There a Meritocracy?

I think the meritocracy like replaced the crazy weird hierarchy where executives had special parking spots and giant offices and limos to take them to work. So, look, I think all that stuff is like treat people fairly with respect. Hire the people who are most qualified for the job. Get rid of bias in your hiring process. And then get rid of all that other stuff. Like, you shouldn't be hiring people with targets of diversity and things. That want to come in and do great work, support their colleagues to advance the mission.

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