Another good post on the same subject is:

We only hire the best means we only hire the trendiest

http://danluu.com/programmer-moneyball/

HN discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11326940

Here are a few that I quite like, digging up from my bookmarks.

  - #define CTO - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8516777
  - Ask HN: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma -  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9049208
  - Ask HN: How to Be a Good Technical Lead? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10395046
  - Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12143266
  - How to stop feeling lonely - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7044690
  - We only hire the trendiest - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11326940
  - The days are long but the decades are short (my personal favourite post and comments all the time) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9454440

Clickable:

- #define CTO - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8516777

- Ask HN: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9049208

- Ask HN: How to Be a Good Technical Lead? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10395046

- Ask HN: When you feel stuck in life - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12143266

- How to stop feeling lonely - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7044690

- We only hire the trendiest - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11326940

- The days are long but the decades are short - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9454440