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Teams need a portfolio of brains optimised for different and often complimentary workloads. Try to figure out what mental workload the candidates brain is optim
by carlsborg 6y ago
Teams need a portfolio of brains optimised for different and often complimentary workloads. Try to figure out what mental workload the candidates brain is optimised for and if it’s a fit for your team.
If you’re going to war and recruiting infantry. Some people can lift 200 pounds easy but can’t run half a marathon. You likely want both types on your team.
- FeepingCreature 6y agoI wouldn't want to go to war with squads where half of them can't carry the standard load and the other half can't keep up with a day's march. That seems a recipe for getting team performance down to the lowest common denominator. Not sure how that relates back to software.
- carlsborg 6y agoCertainly you need to have a baseline for capabilities. All teams have specialist roles be it infantry, sports or software. A better analogy: the guy who wins the Nobel prize is not necessarily one who churns out the most papers. You could consider each type a speciality and you want both.
- _qulr 6y agoYes, let's please not have war metaphors. Soldiers are largely cannon fodder. The system is designed so that they can be easily replaced if they die, which they inevitably do in war. I don't want to die at the keyboard, that's not the kind of workplace I want to join.