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Paul Graham: Hiring is Obsolete

Posted by samzenpus on from the listen-up dept.

jazznjava writes "Paul Graham has a new essay covering what the influences of declining operating costs will have on startup companies, and the undervaluation of undergraduates."

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  1. Thats GOOD by elucido · · Score: 0, Troll

    We need to reduce the value of workers. Look, the sky is falling, the environment simply cannot sustain 6 billion people living as we do in the USA. This means the population size is too big and as productivity increases the value of the worker will decrease, allowing us who have jobs to live like kings.

  2. We Don't Hire ... We Invite The Best by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    One of the problems our company has always been faced with is trying to get the very best people. It seems that the talent pool of people who send in resumes for posted jobs are extremely mediocre indeed. As a small company we cannot afford to hire the wrong person.

    We can only afford to have the very best people and therefore we no longer advertise our positions. We actively and agressively recruit people with proven track records who have recently become available or currently have jobs elsewhere. Through a careful screening process that even the prospective employee may not be aware is happening until he is approached with an offer, we ensure that the prospect employee is compatible with our with out company culture and in tune with our core beliefs as a company.

    We do not believe in medicority and therefore we do not hire ordinary people. We also do not believe in subsidising the ordinary, that's what unemployment lines and soup kitchens are for.