The speaker asked their programming team for referrals when hiring. Two said no, but one suggested a candidate who turned out to be exceptionally strong. They also hired another programmer they found independently, and both are working out well.
So I recently decided to hire a new programmer. And I went to my team of programmers and said, hey, do you know someone who fits this? And then I went and started recruiting on my own. And two of my programmers said, no, I don't know someone. One of them said, maybe, but I don't know. And then it took him a couple days to come back to me with someone really great. In the meantime, I had recruited someone really great. I ended up hiring them both, and they're both working for us, and it. And it's actually been really, really great. His referral was really amazing. That's a less common situation where I'll get a good referral from someone, but it does happen.
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