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Could have done with a few fewer "but this guy was a friggin VP of a $100 million company!!!" moments, but still a good story. I don't think anyone would recom
by a-priori 18y ago
Could have done with a few fewer "but this guy was a friggin VP of a $100 million company!!!" moments, but still a good story.
I don't think anyone would recommend blind trust right off the bat. Of course you need to trust your employees, but only after they've earnt it in a probationary period of increasing responsibility and freedom.
- queensnake 18y ago.. and now we've got an example to remember.
- tom_rath 18y agoThat was the core of the problem though: Having framed the guy as an experienced VP clouded all following judgment and kept the author from giving him the boot.
- johnyzee 18y agoSomeone wrote an interesting article once about hiring strategy (Joel?). Basically he didn't want to know anything about the interviewee except what job he was considered for, to the extent that if anyone told him any details (like "Harvard graduate") he'd refuse to interview him, as his perspective would already be tainted.
- dats 18y agohttp://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing3.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing...
- johnyzee 18y agoRight. Too bad the author took every piece of advice from the Guerilla Guide except that one.
- felideon 18y agoI like Steve Yegge's take on the subject, too. http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/done-and-gets-things-smart.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/done-and-gets-things...