This document discusses rethinking tech hiring by focusing on being nice rather than on technical skills. It advocates for screening based on performance profiles rather than coding tests. Hiring should reflect company culture and allow people to surprise you with their potential rather than assume most are average. Interviews should consider a person's work reflections rather than coding on a whiteboard. The goal is opening opportunities by moving past biases.

1. @DrOhYes
Just be Nice
Rethinking Tech Hiring
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2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/andjohan/5644714850/

4. Pace of Technology
https://twitter.com/pjking07/status/651484142429822976

5. Developer Shortage
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zabowski/2074752215/

6. Diversity in Tech Sucks
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hjmediastudios/7883634326/

7. Hi! My Name is Mark
https://www.flickr.com/photos/caktusgroup/15215244503/

8. Caktus Group
https://www.flickr.com/photos/caktusgroup/22023465685/

9. https://www.caktusgroup.com/about/

10. https://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2015/10/16/peek-behind-scenes-caktus/

11. Our Process
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ideonexus/3321308066/

12. What is Nice?

13. Hiring is Risky
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zunami/3160114349/

14. The trouble with the world is that the stupid are
cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
Bertrand Russell

15. Performance Profiles

16. Hiring as Company
Culture
https://www.flickr.com/photos/caktusgroup/17209937482/

17. Screenings
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrgranito/4527639541/

18. Github is Not Your
Resume
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bpedro/4329380377/

19. In Person Interviews
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sepblog/3676361977/

20. Process Not Code
https://www.flickr.com/photos/morville/3220961846/

21. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cgpgrey/5023794412/

22. No Whiteboards
https://twitter.com/mcclure111/status/644602097086951424

23. Heard on the Street

24. Reflection of the Work

25. Allow People to
Surprise You
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jetbody/3281743658/

26. Most People are
Average
https://www.flickr.com/photos/asiaticleague/15638419215/

27. Open Work
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsdalloway/73002012/

28. Moving Goals Posts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/russellstreet/4137252546/

29. Just be Nice
https://www.flickr.com/photos/caktusgroup/21835294520/

30. On the Shoulders of
Giants
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Category:For_employers
https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/technical-interviews-
are-bullshit
https://medium.com/buffer-posts/why-we-dont-ask-
technical-questions-for-technical-interviews-at-buffer-
73f8132a8abd
https://www.recruiter.com/i/4-types-of-interviewer-bias-
and-how-to-eliminate-them/
http://www.phoenix.edu/news/releases/2015/02/research-
shows-employers-struggle-with-shortage-in-software-
development-talent.html

31. Thanks!
http://talks.caktusgroup.com/all-things-open/2015/hiring/
We're Hiring!
https://www.caktusgroup.com/careers/