Topic

Hiring and talent

Latest viewpoints

Early hires should come from the startup's founding network

The best early hires come from the network and scene that produced the startup; those people already understand the language and context, but later hiring must expand beyond that network.

Max Hodak Hiring and talent Source at 9:51

Company-wide voting distributes resume review burden

Using company-wide voting for initial resume review distributes the burden and avoids a single bottleneck, while also averaging across the judgment of many employees.

Max Hodak Hiring and talent Source at 12:15

Hiring screens on judgment, horsepower, and agency; AI-resistant homework with numeric scoring evaluates thinking.

The hiring process screens candidates on judgment, horsepower, and agency, and uses AI-resistant homework with high ceilings and numeric scoring to evaluate thinking rather than direct programming ability.

Max Hodak Hiring and talent Source at 14:06

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