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“So how do you hire more B players?”[1] [1] https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=How_to_Hire_Insanely_Great_Employees.txt https://www.

• fsckboy 4y ago
  > "A players hire A players," he said. "B players hire C players. Do you get it?" > Apparently not. Somebody in the back of the room raised his hand and asked, "so how do you hire more B players?" I think that guy did get it, but he worded it wrong, he meant to say, "so, who hired those B players?"
  • yamtaddle 4y ago
    Right. He's spotted that the "rule" may have a little truth to it, but is also kinda just bullshit.
  • Nasrudith 4y ago
    Better B players who are insecure enough to specifically hire worse than themselves, but still B-players. If going by lower as better it would technically be B subscript N players hire B subscript N+1 players. But that is unwieldy and worryingly niche of a reference for a society which relies so much upon mathematics.