Do you also feel like a fraud when interviewing kids that are waaaay more impressive than you?

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Lol. Welcome to recruiting. Imagine how all the recruiters feel

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^that too. Kids you are hiring are trying to bullshit hard. If you buy it, chances are they'd make good consultants

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I don't know anyone more impressive than me

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What an amazing network you must have @OW1. Poor you

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What about working with kids that are clearly better than you? Happens to me all the time!

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Wouldn't know; hasn't happened yet [exhales onto fingernails and rubs fingernails on shirt]

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Everyone is make g it up.

Way more impressive but they need refinement. Raw talent is good but just raw talent.

A people will hire A+ people. B people will hire the Cs and Ds. Steve Jobs was onto something

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