Stop writing job requirements for the person you wish you had. Start writing them for the person who can become that and more.
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I've passed over dozens of positions that require some specific combo XYZ because I have no confidence that I can sell my skills as related.
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this is a good point about why the tech stack resume checklist is so toxic. At npm we try to hire for more broad indicators…
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"familiarity with distributed systems" is applicable whether it was ruby or node or go.…
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the harder thing, as a founder, is hiring for a skillset I don't have, eg to build a new biz function. Can't train.
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spending six months to get an experienced leader is way cheaper than having to fix mistakes later. Hiring leaders is hard.
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Certainly, for startups/smaller businesses this is true. But it shouldn't be true for companies with headcounts 500+.
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Yes, employees are an investment. But it's still going to cost less to get someone up to speed than to wait.
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Companies do this *all the time*. Migrate from Jenkins to Travis. Reroll v2 in Node. etc etc
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okay, I know overwhelmingly agree with you. Next: what do we hire for?
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Similar skills in other tech. MVC is MVC. Rails today is fundamentally no different than pre-.Net ASP.
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Security features have changed, lots of developer convenience, etc. But architecture is mostly the same.
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looking for someone to tick a box. One could presume theres little innovation there, and they're crap employers?
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Yeah but this is *pervasive* and happens at companies who can't make excuses abt time or money
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@littleidea but…but…“we need the right fit” (no one knows what that “fit” means)
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fit means they confirm our tribal bias
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