Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn't match... them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That's the #1 reason this fails. And that's generally a good place to start: Here's where we are and here's what I didn't recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is.
Ben HorowitzYou know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.
Ben HorowitzOne of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
Ben HorowitzUntil you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.
Ben HorowitzIf you manage a team of 10 people, its quite possible to do so with very few mistakes or bad behaviors. If you manage an organization of 1,000 people it is quite impossible. At a certain size, your company will do things that are so bad that you never imagined that youd be associated with that kind of incompetence.
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