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What Stops Startups Hiring A+ Players (dave-bailey.com)
2 points by mpweiher on Aug 22, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



You are concentrating too much on employee skill when s/he comes through the door and too little on employee education. I can't name a single company that has good employee education program. Even the word "A+ player" is just such a cringe fest.

Your invoicing or something startup looking for RoR/elixir/node ninjawizards isn't interesting to most "a+" employees. Most of them have their own shit they want to achieve. If they don't, they aren't "a+ players".

I hope this doesn't come across as bitter it's just that this circlejerk misses so many things.




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