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Co-founder & CEO at Notch - hiring and recruiting tech talent simplified for global teams
Hire "top 1% developers" is a mantra you'll see a lot in our space - it's also one we'll never use. Here's why: 1️⃣ It's misleading - meaning only the top 1% of talent on that platform, which could be the bottom 10% overall. 2️⃣ Finding the right hire for your team is about skill, fit, and alignment - not arbitrary percentages 3️⃣ Real value beats buzzwords - especially ones making baseless claims At Notch, we set an engineering bar that filters the roughly top 10% overall. Then we use AI and human expertise to match your team with talent on over 150+ data points - because a top 10% engineer who's the right fit beats a top 1% engineer who isn't every time.
Hi Jeff, How are you
Founder @RemoteSkills
8moMaybe, just maybe, good hiring requires actual effort and understanding, not just throwing buzzwords and AI at the problem. Shocking, I know. But hey, at least you're not claiming to find the coding unicorns that others mysteriously can't. We'll settle for a "reasonably good fit" over any nebulous "top X%" any day. Just remember, even the top 10% can have bad days