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Re:You don't want to hire "the best engineers" by eschneider on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @12:52PM (#45105697)
>The best engineers will tell you why your architecture is wrong, why your code sucks, why your timeline is unrealistic, and why your product decisions make no technical sense. If you're not ready for that level of pushback, you don't actually want the best engineers.

Then they'll help you figure out how to get where the company needs to be, on a feasible timeline, with the resources available.

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Re:You don't want to hire "the best engineers" by swiftcoder on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @02:46PM (#45107346)
> Then they'll help you figure out how to get where the company needs to be, on a feasible timeline, with the resources available.

Only if you actually listen to them. A lot of CEOs seem to forget this step

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