My latest hire (I hired them almost 1 year ago) was very green (no job experience, didn't study CS, autodidact programmer). But I saw enough drive, motivation &

My latest hire (I hired them almost 1 year ago) was very green (no job experience, didn't study CS, autodidact programmer). But I saw enough drive, motivation & willingness to learn that I gave them a shot. It has proven a very advantageous hire for both parties. I invested a lot in them and the investment quickly bore fruit. A previous person I hired (in a previous job, for a different company) had a lot more industry experience as well as appropriate education. They were quite capable but I had a slightly bad gut feeling, ended up hiring anyway cause I didn't want to discriminate against a seemingly capable candidate. Ended up being a poor fit: argumentative and not willing to accept that they do not always get to call the shots about how stuff is done. I think this was disadvantageous to both parties. In the future I will definitely prefer hiring someone showing a lot of potential than someone skilled who I suspect may not be a "team player" (for lack of a better term).