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We carry gaps ourselves and avoid forced ranking, and those choices cost us while protecting continuity, useful work and direct assessment.
ReadWe close thirty pieces with our five predictions, the parts we doubt, and the bets we are willing to have checked later.
ReadWhen we ask for a take-home exercise, we pay four hours at the candidate's day rate and the work stays theirs.
ReadWe read a candidate's actual work first because it shows judgment, explanation, and failure thinking better than a CV.
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