I've read and re-read this post a number of times. It resonates because hiring is broken and companies are looking for ways to triage the process. Yet when I look at the data points being captured, I ask 'what is really being measured?' Ability to work and ship product or Hoop jumpers? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10073663)
The progression from plugin contributor to new hire is measured in actual results and peer interaction, not through second order measurements. Adapt or die.
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I've read and re-read this post a number of times. It resonates because hiring is broken and companies are looking for ways to triage the process. Yet when I look at the data points being captured, I ask 'what is really being measured?' Ability to work and ship product or Hoop jumpers? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10073663)
A new hire at a Startup can and should look more like what I found at lighttable, cf 'Meet the new guy': http://lighttable.com/2015/01/13/light-table-hack-night/
The progression from plugin contributor to new hire is measured in actual results and peer interaction, not through second order measurements. Adapt or die.