I don't like the term 'bad hire' as it grossly simplifies things. I think some companies are better off letting in some types of bad hires to acquire the rock

I don't like the term 'bad hire' as it grossly simplifies things. I think some companies are better off letting in some types of bad hires to acquire the rock star introverts(some of my best performing co-workers would fail miserably at modern interviews). I'm not saying that hiring a sociopath won't kill your team's productivity. I'm saying hiring someone who doesn't know algorithms won't necessarily kill your team. There is probably grunt work you could pass on to them and actually figure out how to make them work. I don't agree with this modern approach to having a moat around your devs in all cases. The reality is more nuanced