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I'm in such a situation right now. We got this new person that is known for having built a great a/b testing solution that scaled at a large top-tier company so
by downWidOutaFite 5y ago
I'm in such a situation right now. We got this new person that is known for having built a great a/b testing solution that scaled at a large top-tier company so they seemed like a great hire. Problem is we already have an ab test solution that is integrated into everything. Maybe it's not the best solution ever but it does everything we need, nobody has been complaining about it. But since we got this hire we're now having to do a large rewrite that's not really buying us anything and nobody can really question it because people are invested in that we got this great hire.
- int0x2e 5y agoI would argue that this person is not a great hire for you then. If they cannot contribute to something you actually need, how could them bring awesome at something else help? Imagine a different situation - there's a fellow engineer who's also an olympic gold medalist in some sport. They may be awesome to have around. They may have cool stories. They may have connections. But unless they can harness that towards sometging that helps your mission - it really won't make them any better as an engineer.
- pjmlp 5y agoI have been there, I have been part of teams that were created to do X, when it wasn't really required, just some architects thought so. So when everything is in place, from management point of view it is easier to charge ahead than acknowledge it was a bad decision. In the end when everything falls appart, they will either no longer be there, or find other reasons why it failed.