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nickiplast Thursday at 10:46 AM6 repliesview on HN

How was he talented? All the stories are the same. "Talented" etc. But then it leads to he never did any work. How can you assess his talent?


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icedchailast Thursday at 5:50 PM

Perhaps he's talented at interviewing? Turns out this is the only skill you really need...

StackRanker3000last Friday at 9:57 PM

> worked for us for almost a year and did a solid job

FootballBatlast Thursday at 3:51 PM

All I hear is "really good at interviewing."

thepasswordislast Thursday at 5:12 PM

The people assessing his talent are falling for the same delusion as the people conducting the interview.

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dazzeloidlast Saturday at 4:09 PM

mid-level output, clearly had more capability than his output suggested from his ideas and some particularly strong contributions