As programmers we see this all the time when non-technical people make very bad hiring decisions. It's a chicken and egg type problem for a non-technical (co-)f

As programmers we see this all the time when non-technical people make very bad hiring decisions. It's a chicken and egg type problem for a non-technical (co-)founder to build a good team because(or find a technical co-founder) he/she needs a good programmer to evaluate potential hires but they can't make that evaluation themselves. I would expect myself to encounter exactly the same problems others encounter when trying to hire good programmers when I'm trying to hire some other kind of expert in a field I have little experience in.