>> I believe the most capable person for any position isn’t necessarily the person with the most amount of experience. Great companies are built by people with drive and intensity, not by people with years of experience doing the same thing.<p>Hiring should be based on soft guidelines, not hard lines of gatekeeping. I'm glad some companies are aware of this.<p>But to state you want people with "drive and intensity" can potentially lead to people with large egos, conflict of goals, and unrealistic expectation of others (which can cause burnout). In worst-case scenarios they get promoted using this "drive" combined with contrived outcomes and over-inflated results. Be prepared for this.<p>I also wonder, when companies post these mandates, if they are looking for 10x workers, because they need a big win, quickly, for cheap.