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People are, these days, coached and trained and fine tuned to be exceptional interviewees. And so somebody coming in and telling you their life story, like, you know, they have watched probably an interview you conducted with someone who's a professi
...talent to begin with. So really talented people are highly uneven.
...what you're pricing is the degree of autonomy, transparency, and the fees, and the duration of the capital. All those things are like, okay, what feels reasonable given where this person is in life, what their track record is, your assessment of thei
a bet through other people. I feel like that's a distinct skill set. And so retired hedge fund managers who were pretty high EQ are probably a pretty good pool. If you could make it feel like it's their money. Either lend them money or they put half
...Talent, we can't. Motivation, we can try to create the conditions for it, but you don't change what someone wants and cares about. And this is the way in the long term we have the best team we can. Let's just unpack this. Like talent, what does that
And when I, and I'm sure you guys, were recruiting at a school, you know, there was the vault guide for finance interviews, and you could memorize every single answer about how you would do this and how you do that and whatever. In CS, there was a bo
...aware of all the talent out there or what they need. You know, you need a good partner, whether it's a cofounder, whether it's a recruiter, whether it's your VC. You need someone to bounce these ideas off that can help you think through creative ways
...Motivation? How do you test motivation? You need to try to understand what triggers the person in a good way. What are the factors which, when present, drive the person to really give their best? With recruiting, like, the goal is not to be perfect.
And so you have to give people a lot of time and giving people a lot of time, they will inevitably stray from the rules of whatever the test is. So anyway, the point is you can filter out C players. You can definitely filter out D players. Differenti
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