His hiring is a rather nonevent. Buffet obviously thought him smart and hardworking and probably a good “fit” in terms of investment thinking. After that, he co

His hiring is a rather nonevent. Buffet obviously thought him smart and hardworking and probably a good “fit” in terms of investment thinking. After that, he could have easily been fired in a year or 2 if he didn’t come up with some good investment thesis. He was hired to go into an unknown market and obviously figured out a good enough plan for doing so and his ideas received investment and he kept his job. Staying employed says much more than getting hired. Many/most people are just rolling the dice when hiring.