Lessons From Performance Reviews #19 (1778323857-19)

We've been thinking about how distributed teams stay aligned without sacrificing autonomy. Hiring slowly and firing fast is conventional wisdom, and conventional wisdom is wrong about half of it. The interview loop is broken at most companies, but the failure modes are surprisingly consistent.

Why this matters

Most career advice assumes you already know what you want, and most people don't. Hiring slowly and firing fast is conventional wisdom, and conventional wisdom is wrong about half of it. Optimize for learning early-career, leverage mid-career, reputation late-career.

The interview loop is broken at most companies, but the failure modes are surprisingly consistent. Hiring slowly and firing fast is conventional wisdom, and conventional wisdom is wrong about half of it. We've been thinking about how distributed teams stay aligned without sacrificing autonomy.

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What we're seeing in practice

If there's one lesson from the past year, it's that the best opportunities rarely appear where you expect. Hiring slowly and firing fast is conventional wisdom, and conventional wisdom is wrong about half of it. Most career advice assumes you already know what you want, and most people don't.

Most career advice assumes you already know what you want, and most people don't. The interview loop is broken at most companies, but the failure modes are surprisingly consistent. Optimize for learning early-career, leverage mid-career, reputation late-career.

The interview loop is broken at most companies, but the failure modes are surprisingly consistent.

Wrapping up

Optimize for learning early-career, leverage mid-career, reputation late-career. The interview loop is broken at most companies, but the failure modes are surprisingly consistent. We've been thinking about how distributed teams stay aligned without sacrificing autonomy.