>The best developers I hired were far from ideal candidates.<p>The author seems to be suggesting that there is a negative correlation between a candidate’s CV and previous accomplishments and their future accomplishments without offering any evidence. How many of Google’s top developers fit in this bucket? Many of the top devs I’ve met were prodigies—it wasn’t a misfit toys story that the author claims. Sorry, it’s a nice story and it may be true but this is a pretty bold claim.