A different take on your last paragraph: Ignorance can be fixed relatively easily compared to poor personality traits. I think somewhere here is a conflation

A different take on your last paragraph: Ignorance can be fixed relatively easily compared to poor personality traits. I think somewhere here is a conflation between "ignorance" and "intelligence". First priority is to get someone who doesn't stir up unnecessary shit. Second priority, get someone smart. Third priority, get someone who already knows the tech.