For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.
Sam AltmanFiring people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.
Sam AltmanThese all sounded really bad, but they turned out to be good. If they had sounded really good, there would have been too many people working on them.
Sam Altman