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Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 days agoYou want to hire the “guru”, not the “principal”. You want to actually ask him to write 0xD6 in decimal, and if he dares to answer “Seriously? Come on now, that’s boring”, then you hire him on the spot.
But you can’t hire only gurus. You need normal seniors, too. Build a normal team around one guru. Maybe build one ultra advanced team around 2-3 gurus, if you really need to invent new and hardcore difficult stuff.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Instead of hiring gurus, I think you want a diverse set of curious “regular” people. Maybe one person is really good with working in different number bases (and 0xD6 in decimal is something they know off the top of their head), another is really good w/ databases, etc. None of those would know everything, but they’re all curious and picked up random stuff from their career because they asked a lot of questions.
Hiring the right guru is hard, having the equivalent of a guru across a diverse time is a lot more tractible, and maybe one will become that guru you need after cross pollinating with the team.