[0x12]

I'd give him his 20% time and hope he'd come up with the next big thing in search.

Some people you fit to the company, others, you fit the company to them. Brin is in the latter category. Rare, but they do exist.

[silverbax88]

I tend to take the advice of people who have run more companies than I have, and they would not agree:

"I used to fall in love with everyone I interviewed and I'd say, 'We can make anybody successful' or 'We can find a job for any talented person.' And that's just completely wrong and a really bad idea. HR people should figure out job descriptions. God forbid I should ever do that."

- Howard Tullman, founder of Experiencia, Tribeca Flashpoint Academy, The Cobalt Group and Tunes.com (Tullman sold his first company in 1987 for $100 million)

[zwischenzug]

I have to spend a good few weeks beating the phrase "he seems like a really nice guy" out of my trainee interviewers.

"That's lovely for you and him - it's just _not relevant_. Can they do the job?"

[nycruz]

agree.