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Why should recruiters be better than anyone else at hiring? It should be common knowledge by now that there is no way to differentiate great programmers from fl
by giardini 16y ago
Why should recruiters be better than anyone else at hiring? It should be common knowledge by now that there is no way to differentiate great programmers from flakes other than hiring them. Even then, a great programmer in one environment may become a helpless flake in another. It's a _relation_, not an attribute.
- acgourley 16y agoGreat recruiters would know both ends of the equation, and knowing that, make good calls. I'm actually of the opinion that most technical companies are bad at hiring. The only strategy that can be formalized and generalized is to error on the side of caution, but this can be a problem in the current job market where it's hard to find good people and you can't afford false negatives.