"DirtPud.Ding, a ground-breaking, mobile, digital media, clean-tech, social networking app developer seeks a world-class, ROCK STAR software developer. Must have a proven track record developing high profile, killer iPhone applications, be a team player, pro-active self-starter, and willing to work for equity only. Candidates should have worked in a startup that successfully exited to Google and know Mark Andreesen on a first name basis."
Sound familiar? Just another Silicon Valley job posting by some startup seeking an "A-player" for peanuts. After all, it's a given that for a startup to succeed, everyone you hire must be an "A-player," right? Get the team right and everything just flows!
Maybe.
Now don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with trying to hire "A-players." One should try to hire the best talent possible. But how realistic is it to expect that you will be able to hire WORLD CLASS, ROCK STAR talent for all of your positions when you' haven't even reached Ramen-profitability and your office is the local Starbucks? What if you can't?
To read the full, original article click on this link: Thrice Around the Block: The "A-Player" Myth
