New theory: you should only hire candidates who get at least one “no” in your hiring process

(tldr: you need to take chances)

conventional wisdom is that you want to hire someone who “ticks all the boxes” - but nobody is going to be an A+ on everything so you end up with someone who is Bs across the board but no “misses”. Someone mid

instead, look for people you’re so fucking excited about on almost all the dimensions that you’re willing to take a risk on the parts they’re not, since if they succeed there, they’ll be the best hire you could imagine.

Building Stacks as CEO @ Hiro. Building random stuff around my house in MT.

Pretty sure this is how the Pope was elected.