Replace "hiring" with "dating" and the article still works. Replace the whole article with "establish rapport with" and it still works. People are good with judging people.
Your comments are very good to hear for people like me who are looking to do something new. I'm in a job where I like the people, but I am trying to push things in a new direction but am getting nothing but resistance. Very tired of hearing "no" and "this is how we do things". I'm at the point where I either want to work for a startup or start my own.
That's about it all: a person who holds to his/her opinions in an articulate, broad and open-minded way, and is ready to change them when proved wrong by him/herself or by others. That's whom I want to work with. Includes self-teaching and an interest for the world around them.
