[closeparen]

Tech is culturally obsessed with those Moneyball edge cases where the metrics totally contradict intuition, where someone is objectively brilliant but overlooked. And with their complements, incompetent but charismatic frauds. Those cases are certainly interesting, but I think it kind of elides the much more boring reality: relationships and reputations are earned, the most common way to be respected is to actually be good, and the vouching of other professionals who’ve seen your competence and character in a variety of situations over time is a much stronger signal than a few hours of systematized interviewing or testing.

[comfypotato]

It’s still an unjust system, and it’s worthwhile to aspire to a system that is truly fair.

Technological advancement is ultimately the only way to achieve a fair system where “systematized interview or testing” works as well as a relationship.

[throwaway2037]

This is a great post. I never thought of describing "HN exceptionalism" like "Moneyball-ism". People love a good story over some cold, hard "facts".

[JPws_Prntr_Fngr]

Sir, have you met a management consultant? Or an MBA? May I introduce you to my very respectable friends at Softbank?