Re:How to hire engineering talent without the BS
by datadeft on Monday March 06, 2023 @07:55AM
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> posts are utterly worthless without data afterwards
Same goes to any subject where a multivariate analysis is almost impossible due to the lack of control over your experiments. I seriously doubt that anybody has any data that could prove anything.
As an interviewer who did this for many companies for a decade, I hire for attitude. I can teach anybody hard skills (software engineering, sql, python, etc.) with enough time but I can't teach attitude.
A person who I can trust because the persistent drive towards goals, can deliver a lot more than a naturally talented programmer with shitty attitude. This is based on my anecdotal data that I accumulated over the years.
Funnily enough this is similar to what the Seal Team figured out about recruiting in a completely different field independently.
Same goes to any subject where a multivariate analysis is almost impossible due to the lack of control over your experiments. I seriously doubt that anybody has any data that could prove anything.
As an interviewer who did this for many companies for a decade, I hire for attitude. I can teach anybody hard skills (software engineering, sql, python, etc.) with enough time but I can't teach attitude.
A person who I can trust because the persistent drive towards goals, can deliver a lot more than a naturally talented programmer with shitty attitude. This is based on my anecdotal data that I accumulated over the years.
Funnily enough this is similar to what the Seal Team figured out about recruiting in a completely different field independently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJdXjtSnZTI