6.11.2007

How to hire the best people you've ever worked with

OR in your case, I want you to think how this applies to becoming the best person that someone has ever hired...

blog.pmarca.com: How to hire the best people you've ever worked with

Drive is independent of educational experience, grade point averages, and socioeconomic background.

(But Marc, isn't a 4.0 GPA a sure sign of drive? Well, it's a sign that the person is driven to succeed on predefined tests with clear criteria and a grader -- in an environment where the student's parents are often paying a lot of money for the privilege of having their child take the tests. That may or may not be the same thing as being driven to succeed in the real world.)