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This is a rehash of one of his earlier articles. He got rid of one of the points of criticism -- complaining about no good resumes, while hiring people who wouldn't have passed his resume criteria being that he goes after them while they're still in school. Catch-22.

Resumes are a horrible way to screen people.

Also, these days the top 1% are probably doing start-ups, or if they're employees, it's for Google or someplace exciting -- not hacking VB code in New York.




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