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Ramp's billionaire CEO ignores résumés and Ivy League degrees—he's more interested in engineers who built Minecraft servers as teens

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The most valuable hires, according to Ramp cofounder and CEO Eric Glyman, aren’t the ones with the lengthiest or most impressive résumés. They’re the ones not even in the job market yet.

Glyman’s hiring philosophy runs against the standard corporate playbook of a litany of credentials, crazy connections, and elite college degrees. He’s after what he calls a “spike,” or exceptional drive.

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