Changelog Master Feed Principles for hiring engineers (Changelog Interviews #479)
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Feb 8, 2022 AI Snips
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High-Leverage Hiring
- Hiring is a manager's highest leverage activity, with long-lasting impact.
- Invest heavily in hiring; good hires build companies, while bad hires destroy teams.
Interviewing is Weird
- Tech interviewing is flawed because it's a proxy, not actual software development.
- It takes weeks for new hires to become fully productive due to onboarding and context switching.
Disruption vs. Boring
- Tech's "disruption" ethos can hinder its hiring by neglecting established best practices.
- While innovation is important, hiring should prioritize proven, "boring" methods.