> Why do you suppose these hires aren’t good at learning engineering best practices? I guess what I was trying to convey is different: being good at algorithms

> Why do you suppose these hires aren’t good at learning engineering best practices? I guess what I was trying to convey is different: being good at algorithms doesn't give much of a signal (positive or negative) about other things I think really matter more on the whole. (Of course, having enough people being aware of algorithms subtleties is important ... everyone, not so much)