On: What makes a great software engineer [pdf]

[throwitaway298]

It's been brought up that people who do the hiring or serve on the hiring committee would not be hired themselves based on their own hiring criteria and bar.

[drewcoo → throwitaway298]

Possibly why As hire Bs and Bs hire Cs. If the interviewers aren't good enough to be hired, they certainly aren't good enough to interview.