Comments on: Hiring and some random thoughts http://ipurbia.com/2007/02/hiring-and-some-random-thoughts.html Telecom/Internet News, Rumors, and Rants Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:54:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kelly Storm http://ipurbia.com/2007/02/hiring-and-some-random-thoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-11 Kelly Storm Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:10:00 +0000 http://ipurbia.com/?p=39#comment-11 Indeed. In the research community, the significance of one's paper is determined by its immediate relevance to its respective field, as well as how many times it had been cited by other significant papers. Under this methodology, wonder how significant Joel On Software has become!<br/><br/>A couple of thoughts concerning your 4 points … <br/><br/>1. Passion should be above intelligence. I know this seems like an ignorant call, but I've rather have a person willing to fight on the front lines for something he's passionate about, than have an extremely intelligent worker who's not into the product at all. Look no further than Mr. Balashov himself for reference <br/><br/>2. I can understand how a large company could justify the time and money lost in letting their HR departments take its time in finding quality employees, but how can a small company make the same justifications when the reprocussions are quantitatively the same? Google has the ability to take in millions of applications and thousands of interviews without breaking a sweat, but a company barely operating in the black won’t be able to tool around with a few potentials without losing a substantial amount of time and money in both the hiring and training of said potentials. <br/><br/>Also, I’m digging the Meebo option, how exactly did you write the script that determines the last time you were online? (your ‘current status’ section on the right-hand side). Indeed. In the research community, the significance of one’s paper is determined by its immediate relevance to its respective field, as well as how many times it had been cited by other significant papers. Under this methodology, wonder how significant Joel On Software has become!

A couple of thoughts concerning your 4 points …

1. Passion should be above intelligence. I know this seems like an ignorant call, but I’ve rather have a person willing to fight on the front lines for something he’s passionate about, than have an extremely intelligent worker who’s not into the product at all. Look no further than Mr. Balashov himself for reference 

2. I can understand how a large company could justify the time and money lost in letting their HR departments take its time in finding quality employees, but how can a small company make the same justifications when the reprocussions are quantitatively the same? Google has the ability to take in millions of applications and thousands of interviews without breaking a sweat, but a company barely operating in the black won’t be able to tool around with a few potentials without losing a substantial amount of time and money in both the hiring and training of said potentials.

Also, I’m digging the Meebo option, how exactly did you write the script that determines the last time you were online? (your ‘current status’ section on the right-hand side).

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