Ask HN: Was any Starfighter postmortem ever published?
No one can ever &quot;solve&quot; the recruiting issue. We are exactly where we were 15 years ago - not one thing has changed except certain screen-share coding tests, which are basically the same as white boards.<p>Can you reduce hiring an airplane engine designer to a set of tests? Or a custom home builder? If so, why is there not just a stack ranking of best ones, or an algorithmic way of hiring one?<p>Software engineering at elite levels is an art. It is conducted by master craftsmen. On top of it the best people are often quirky &#x2F; weird and the social aspect when communication of needs is so essential makes it even more difficult to hire &quot;the best&quot;.<p>The business models of recruiting is always either like sales (recruiting firms) or marketing (LinkedIn). I would stay away from the recruiting industry as a software startup - difficult to make any money here in a novel way.