so usually its a technical person doing the recruiting Which, of course, never goes wrong ;-) (I shudder to think of some of the early hiring decisions I made

so usually its a technical person doing the recruiting Which, of course, never goes wrong ;-) (I shudder to think of some of the early hiring decisions I made as a techie... I sucked. Hiring is darn hard. Being technical doesn't magically make you good at it.)