It's pretty obvious: thinking about hiring is important because you want smart and effective coworkers on your team. If engineers are not interviewing potential

It's pretty obvious: thinking about hiring is important because you want smart and effective coworkers on your team. If engineers are not interviewing potential engineers, big problems can occur. Basically, you wind up with people who don't know what they're doing technically, but happen to "interview well." It takes a long time to fire someone. In the meantime, you got a big mess to deal with.