Hiring and firing is so very hard. I have yet to see any good techniques to do it. It is nice to see an article that owns up to the fact that even if you make

Hiring and firing is so very hard. I have yet to see any good techniques to do it. It is nice to see an article that owns up to the fact that even if you make them write code in the interview and have really good brain teasers and... whatever other interviewing technique, you'll still get bad apples. So many articles are written that basically say, hiring a bad employee is so very bad, you must make sure it never happens. So it's good to see discussion of what you do when it does. This article reminds me again of how the whole job process is a lot like the process one goes through with relationships. When I saw this bit - "What would your visceral response be if they quit? Relief? I think that says it all." - I realized it would fit perfectly as a relationship advice column.