Hiring: Silicon Valley Style

Posted on August 6, 2007  Comments (3)

Interviews on how to hire in Silicon Valley. I especially like Guy Kawasaki’s comment – “the key to getting great people to work for you is to have a great product. That is why Google does so well. That is why Apple does so well.” I agree with the concept that a huge part of hiring good people is offering them a place where they feel proud of what they are working on. This is even more true when you talk about great software developers that have more choice than most in how they choose to earn a living.

via: How Are Companies in Silicon Valley Hiring?

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3 Responses to “Hiring: Silicon Valley Style”

  1. CuriousCat: Enhancing Passion of Employees
    October 13th, 2007 @ 10:37 am

    “Dilbert makes fun of quite of a few of the stupid management practices that sap passion from people. What you need to do is eliminate de-motivation, not to try to enhance passion directly.”

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    June 5th, 2009 @ 6:23 pm

    In the information technology field the standard practice is to include a large number of basically irrelevant skills as requirements. And then managers wonder why they don’t get decent applicants…

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    April 6th, 2011 @ 9:56 am

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