[happimess]

A former boss told me that this is how you make sure only to hire lucky people.

[jethro_tell]

I had a role open for a sr. Sys admin.

I got 150+ applications per day.

At some point, you just have to close the window. I can only realistically do 10/25 résumé per day and still do my job.

All most all hiring has a strong element of luck. I've hired really good engineers that can't write a resume or aren't self promoting enough in an interview and they seem kinda flat. But they roll in and make good decisions, good products, good documentation and they are easy to work with.

If I could, I'd talk to everyone on the phone for a few minutes to get a feel but I can't do that either.

[ghaff]

If a machine isn't doing a lot of pre-filter, I'm going to be doing a first pass filter on some really lazy heuristics.

[ghaff]

Ah. Hiring for the Teela Brown gene. I love it.