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I have a pet peeve: Founders hiring teams all from the same degree or even same university. Then when the team hits a problem, nobody knows how to solve it, or
by snovv_crash 4y ago
I have a pet peeve: Founders hiring teams all from the same degree or even same university. Then when the team hits a problem, nobody knows how to solve it, or even know that there's a solution, because they all have the same skillset.
- throwaway92032 4y agoExactly this. As I was saying as well, we are social animals and we know who we know, so while I understand how the alumni network works, it creates huge blindspots. Some of the most clueless but smart-on-paper students I ever encountered were CS students from a certain top ranked East Coast private university. The alumni network ensured jobs for them all.
- 1letterunixname 4y agoPhD EE only hiring PhD EEs is a common trope I stumbled into. MIT Lincoln Labs and a BCI startup were snooty about this. I don't know why they wasted my time with an interview.