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Doing your best at a bad job is not for the boss: it is how the warm referral that gets the next job is earned, and slacking there cheats only yourself.

Drawn from what David Heinemeier Hansson said

Subjecthiring
What this subject means

hiring Finding people and judging them: referrals, open calls, contests, and reading the work rather than the CV.

Mental modelPlay long games

What David Heinemeier Hansson actually said

  1. David Heinemeier Hansson Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals
    There is no shortcut here. You simply just have to be good. And you will not get good if you do not practice. And if you think your place of employment is not worthy of your best, you're cheating yourself.

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    8 Apr 2026 · video · 1h 47m · spoken · machine transcript

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