Don’t hire top talent; hire for weaknesses

Re:Don’t hire top talent; hire for weaknesses by motohagiography on Saturday April 10, 2021 @06:26PM (#26765776)

Too complicated. Tell weaker performers they're top talent and let their impostor syndrome do the rest.

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Re:Don’t hire top talent; hire for weaknesses by pottertheotter on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:15PM (#26766173)

I don't think that's how impostor syndrome works? By definition, someone with impostor syndrome is a high performer but they attribute their success to luck, thus they think they are a fraud.

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Re:Don’t hire top talent; hire for weaknesses by pseudalopex on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:32PM (#26766284)

High performance isn't part of the definition. Average performers can feel like frauds too.

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Re:Don’t hire top talent; hire for weaknesses by Waterluvian on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:09PM (#26766118)

^ how I went from non-programmer to completely indispensable in just a few years.

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Re:Don’t hire top talent; hire for weaknesses by nednar on Sunday April 11, 2021 @05:24AM (#26768858)

Sounds very reasonable. I should really do this more often!

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