Hiring at Ente

I handed off some hiring responsibilities at Ente recently. For the first time, I had to articulate our philosophies around hiring.

I've learned from both sides of the table.

I started out by confusing the smart-ass programmers at Directi into hiring me as an intern in 2012. A few years later, I was in charge of making hiring decisions at Directi. This was hard, I had very little idea about what I was doing, but Bhavin was kind enough to let me make mistakes at his expense.

Now at Ente, it is harder because unlike Bhavin, I'm not a billionaire. On the other hand, my life played out in a way where I'm surrounded by an abundance of talent.

The earliest folks to join Ente were folks whom I had known for over a decade, and were willing to swap cash for equity. By the time we had cash to spare,…