Underrated hiring principle from @finkd -- he's been saying this for years and I rarely hear anyone else quote it. > Only hire direct reports that you would be willing to work for. Apply it recursively, concentrate extraordinary talent. That rarely happens. But if it does, the org may reach a talent critical mass. Manhattan Project certainly, Bell Labs for a while. Early on in {Google, OpenAI, Anthropic}. But this principle never survived the hyper-growth pressures to hire. Maybe now with AI, teams can stay small & hire slow enough to apply it.