No. What I am saying is intelligence and experience are crucial (intelligence more then experience in my book). Also crucial is the ability to get shit done and culture fit.
I want candidates with all these things.
If someone is very very bright but not very effective, or terrible for the culture of my startup, I would not hire them.
If someone was an amazing culture fit, but not very bright, I would not hire them.
"Coming up to speed" makes sense. It is all about the context in which the person is working, what they did before etc. Productivity takes time to scale, as does trust in one another, working as a team etc.
But there are some people that you give a lot of time and attention to that just don't get a lot done.
I want candidates with all these things.
If someone is very very bright but not very effective, or terrible for the culture of my startup, I would not hire them.
If someone was an amazing culture fit, but not very bright, I would not hire them.
"Coming up to speed" makes sense. It is all about the context in which the person is working, what they did before etc. Productivity takes time to scale, as does trust in one another, working as a team etc.
But there are some people that you give a lot of time and attention to that just don't get a lot done.