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YES. What the 10X myth hurt most is probably hiring practices.

• JimboOmega 13y ago
  The thing that always got me is that even if they do exist, the candidate selection methods are, at best, a very unreliable way to identify them. Still, it really fed into the "only hire the absolute best" mythos that has spread in countless other harmful ways. Consider the aphorism "A players hire A players, B players hire C players". The general message of all of it has always been: "You must hire the very best, even one merely good employee will poison the well and ruin everything". Yet hiring practices are, as I said already, imprecise... which creates all sorts of bizarre behavior in the attempt to snag the "very best".
  • craigyk 13y ago
    Yes, "only hire the best" hurts everyone. What they should have been doing is hiring more and firing more. At least you'd have a better idea of how well a person does in the context of your environment.
    • chii 13y ago
      i suppose this is what a probation period is.
• arjie 13y ago
  If you're not a 10x and assuming one exists, do you really have the expertise to tell that he is 10x?
  • chii 13y ago
    yes, if you are reasonably trained enough in the field. I m sure i am not a 10x, but i have met those who are.