[hogFeast]

I know boards that don't take 1-2 days to hire the CEO. If you need that long, you are either asking the wrong questions or you have the wrong people hiring (the chances of the latter occurring in tech, where business skills are generally lacking, is high).

But yeah...people in tech seem to believe all kinds of weird stuff about hiring...if you are asking someone to come in for 2 days for a non-executive position, you are lighting bags of cash on fire.

[shantly]

When I've described the typical SV-cargo-cult tech hiring process to people outside this world, they've universally thought it's batshit crazy, and usually also insulting and demeaning. Lots of "WTF, seriously?" sorts of reactions. Luckily there's a ton of opportunities not infected by it, but it's still there. At least the rest of the experience of working in software's mostly not that bad.