Moneyball Teams
· 5 min read
If you search "We only hire the best," you'll discover that literally everyone only hires the best. How can 100% of businesses hire from the top 5% of the talent pool? What happens to the other 95% of developers?
The answer is simple: it's nonsense. Nobody hires exclusively the best, nor should they. We don't even have industry-wide objective metrics to measure developers consistently.
This post explores how to build strong teams focused on total throughput instead of hiring based on abstract criteria where you can only hope for the best.