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A candidate was late for his onsite interview.

As Silicon Valley’s most innovative thought leader and CEO of a fast growing machine cloud learning blockchain startup, I understood completely.

The candidate totaled his car and broke both legs in a horrific car accident 836 miles away from our office.

He was crawling down the freeway with his bare hands because he desperately wanted this job where he could #disrupt the industry.

I personally drove to find him, bought him a Tesla Model X to replace the old car, and gave him the job on the spot.

There are engineers who just want a high TC, and those who want to make the world a better place. You have to nurture the minds of the future and do whatever it takes to make them work for you.

Agree?

A candidate was late for his onsite interview. As Silicon Valley’s most innovative thought leader and CEO of a fast growing machine cloud learning blockchain startup, I understood completely. The candidate totaled his car and broke both legs in a horrific car accident 836 miles away from our office. He was crawling down the freeway with his bare hands because he desperately wanted this job where he could #disrupt the industry. I personally drove to find him, bought him a Tesla Model X to replace the old car, and gave him the job on the spot. There are engineers who just want a high TC, and those who want to make the world a better place. You have to nurture the minds of the future and do whatever it takes to make them work for you. Agree?

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[–] Justintoxicated 2 points (+2|-0)

When I was a child in 1960's Connecticut I always wondered why there weren't more POC women in online marketing.

[–] CDanger [OP] 2 points (+2|-0)

Last week an employee stormed into my office.

He asked a simple, but direct question.

How can we hire more 10x engineers?

I looked him dead in the eye.

Easy, but nobody gets it.

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