Google Engineering Management Mistakes (docs.google.com)
recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 296 points by auxbuss | management | original thread |
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dpritchett Mar 21, 2011 | on: XOR Swap - Stack Overflow for Tech Interview Questions | context 
    more tech savvy guys don't want to waste time with interviews

Piaw Na wrote a great explanation of how Google gets this wrong last year. Choice quotes:

"I had all sorts of perverse incentives to not interview people."

"If you wanted to get promoted for these non-engineering tasks, move into management."

The HN thread was exellent as well with 135 comments: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1865099

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