Hiring’s a lot like dating.
It starts with two people sitting down and having a conversation. Just maybe, it leads to another conversation. There has to be mutual interest for it to work, but there’s often a pursuer and a pursued. Eventually, if all goes well, both parties make a decision that affects their daily lives. Obviously, there are differences (last I checked, most people have more jobs than they have life partners), but in essence—these are highly competitive and deeply interpersonal markets. And in startups right now, particularly for go-to-market and engineering talent, competition has gotten wild.
