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		metageek on May 18, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hiring: The Lake Wobegon Strategy (2006) "This assumes from the outset that you know the difference between a good future employee and a bad one." -- Not really; his simulation assumed the hiring process had error bars of 15%.

krschultz on May 18, 2010 [–]

It should probably be a lot higher than that.

crystalis on May 18, 2010 | [–]

And that only further proves the importance of Norvig's point.

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