Hire for complements, not compliments
November 18, 2022
You hear people talk about a “stuck at the airport” rule for hiring. The idea is that when you have a difficult choice between two candidates (employees, vendors, clients, etc.), choose the one that you would rather be stuck at the airport with, because…well, you might someday be. Making a choice because you think you’d get along with one person over another is a nice heuristic for choosing between mostly similar candidates. Getting along with people you work with is not something to take lightly. However, it’s tempting to stretch this rule beyond its limits — to use it not…
