The "most important lesson" Rabois learned from Peter Thiel was not to hire people over 30?! Really? Note he didn't just say to hire "inexperienced" talent, or people who are "new to tech" - he used a specific age. Because in tech and VC, getting older is not allowed. Except for...Rabois? He's allowed to be 55, not an issue. He also later says in this speech that like anything else you get better with time and "reps;" basically, that experience matters and is valuable. But then he goes on to say that you shouldn't have people who know anything about a core subject in which your product operates because experience isn't a "value creator" but instead is a "value protector?!" There were plenty of other things in here that were problematic too, but the "don't hire over 30" was the most overtly discriminatory and illegal. Founders, do not listen to Rabois's advice to illegally* discriminate against people over 30. Art of Hiring/Ramp: can you please not give this dude the microphone again? We have to stop giving people like this a platform to spout off this harmful stuff. *you can't discriminate against anyone 40+ in the US by federal law.
We need to stop giving people like this a microphone. Rabois is insisting we shouldn't hire people above the age of 30! This is not only unethical but also illegal. This is ageism
You need people who are intense. Most people don't have the intensity. You can easily translate that to another line of business
That's true for the leading roles... the ones actually doing the work you want quite the opposite :H
"intense" as in?
@ as in "extroverted" / "passionate" / "loud"
@@realdavidpain well all of those are extremely different things
Thanks for this
Keep up the content!
It is Goooold.
Might just be me but I can't get the transcript link to work
try: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v7dkc508s4ewx8bs86q74/Keith-Rabois-How-to-Hire-Transcript.pdf?rlkey=40qqfg58roz3zne1945uo3eis
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The "most important lesson" Rabois learned from Peter Thiel was not to hire people over 30?! Really? Note he didn't just say to hire "inexperienced" talent, or people who are "new to tech" - he used a specific age. Because in tech and VC, getting older is not allowed. Except for...Rabois? He's allowed to be 55, not an issue.
He also later says in this speech that like anything else you get better with time and "reps;" basically, that experience matters and is valuable. But then he goes on to say that you shouldn't have people who know anything about a core subject in which your product operates because experience isn't a "value creator" but instead is a "value protector?!"
There were plenty of other things in here that were problematic too, but the "don't hire over 30" was the most overtly discriminatory and illegal.
Founders, do not listen to Rabois's advice to illegally* discriminate against people over 30.
Art of Hiring/Ramp: can you please not give this dude the microphone again? We have to stop giving people like this a platform to spout off this harmful stuff.
*you can't discriminate against anyone 40+ in the US by federal law.
people like him make the world a worse place for everyone else
We need to stop giving people like this a microphone. Rabois is insisting we shouldn't hire people above the age of 30! This is not only unethical but also illegal. This is ageism