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Another variation is when a significant cohort comes from another company. Similar to how people from the same school speak the same language, people from the s
by CalChris 9y ago
Another variation is when a significant cohort comes from another company. Similar to how people from the same school speak the same language, people from the same previous company speak the same language.
This is neither good nor bad. It makes recruiting and onboarding easier early on. But it is a thing which a company will eventually grow out of.
- mathattack 9y agoThis "hire a batch from one company" works in small cases but doesn't scale. A great manager can cherry pick 5 or 6 top talents, but a B level manager won't. It also can create cliques in the company. I suspect the same exists in making the wrong first hire from a school.