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Most jobs and most good candidates never appear publicly; hiring travels through personal networks instead.

Drawn from what Patrick McKenzie said

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

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A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

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  1. Patrick McKenzie

    Software engineer and writer, known online as patio11

    Most jobs are never available publicly, just like most worthwhile candidates are not available publicly

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    ↗Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advicekalzumeus.com

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Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under management management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Most jobs and most good candidates never appear publicly; hiring travels through personal networks instead. Most jobs and most good candidates neverappear publicly; hiring travels throughpersonal networks instead. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should always have as few employees as possible, and hiring is the lever a leader reaches for last rather than first. — tap to centre the map on it A company should always have as fewemployees as possible, and hiring isthe lever a leader reaches for lastrather than first. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should hire a product manager only against a specific need, never by default. — tap to centre the map on it A company should hire a productmanager only against a specificneed, never by default. Last stated a month ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that stops hiring new graduates because AI makes juniors look unnecessary will have no senior engineers in a few years' time. — tap to centre the map on it A company that stops hiring newgraduates because AI makes juniorslook unnecessary will have no seniorengineers in a few years' time. Last stated 5 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hiring loop should have few, well-calibrated interviewers rather than many, because extra interviewers add veto points instead of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A hiring loop should have few,well-calibrated interviewers ratherthan many, because extrainterviewers add veto points insteadof judgement. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — no longer holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A team should grow in bursts followed by periods of consolidation, because continuous hiring never lets it gel. — tap to centre the map on it A team should grow in burstsfollowed by periods ofconsolidation, because continuoushiring never lets it gel. Last stated 8 years ago 17 Jun 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-06-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A team that is falling behind can only be fixed by hiring more people; no amount of process or patience will move it. — tap to centre the map on it A team that is falling behind canonly be fixed by hiring more people;no amount of process or patiencewill move it. Last stated 8 years ago 17 Jun 2018 WL Will Larson — holds since 2018-06-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Academic credentials — grades, major, the prestige of the degree — barely matter to industry hiring. — tap to centre the map on it Academic credentials — grades,major, the prestige of the degree —barely matter to industry hiring. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good. — tap to centre the map on it A productivity improvement meansfewer people doing the same job, andthat should be said plainly by thepeople defending it as good. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the mercy of whoever holds office. — tap to centre the map on it A universal basic income is adangerous power-sharing arrangement,because it puts everyone's basicneeds at the mercy of whoever holdsoffice. Last stated 3 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI could displace half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years, even while it accelerates economic growth. — tap to centre the map on it AI could displace half of allentry-level white-collar jobs withinone to five years, even while itaccelerates economic growth. Last stated 8 months ago 1 Jan 2026 DA Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it A growing fraction of social mediais AI slop influencers being repliedto by bots — an echo of an echo ofan echo. Last stated 2 weeks ago 23 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it A low-effort AI-designed landingpage costs a product its audiencebefore the product itself is everjudged. Last stated 4 weeks ago 13 Aug 2026 MH Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated writing tends to repeatthe same themes, names, andunderlying ideas across differentoutputs. Last stated a week ago 31 Aug 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company where nobody is willing to upset anybody ends up fighting for the mediocre, politically expedient idea instead of the best one. — tap to centre the map on it A company where nobody is willing toupset anybody ends up fighting forthe mediocre, politically expedientidea instead of the best one. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Aug 2026 TK Travis Kalanick — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few larger teams under experienced engineering managers outperform many tiny teams each led by a working tech lead. — tap to centre the map on it A few larger teams under experiencedengineering managers outperform manytiny teams each led by a workingtech lead. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Jan 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A meeting that wastes everyone's time is a meetings problem, not a communication problem. — tap to centre the map on it A meeting that wastes everyone'stime is a meetings problem, not acommunication problem. Last stated a year ago 5 Jun 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are
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