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		ams6110 on Dec 31, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Retailers Are Losing the Software Talent Wars Well GP did say "Assuming they had a way to bootstrap an idiot-rejection-filter" Though why would it not be possible to hire a person with a track record of building the sorts of things you want, and let that person hire the team? Buying a company may or may not get you a team, depending on whether or not they stick around.

kls on Dec 31, 2011 [–]

I am getting ready to put together an article on this subject, it is actually pretty easy to identify a key developer and recruit them, it is just that most companies hiring practices are the antithesis to identifying that developer.

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