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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Article See new posts Conversation Pravesh @ImTheBigP Art of Hiring 5 18 260 90K Ramp hires high school dropouts, Minecraft modders, Olympians, and people who sold products their customers hated Eric Glyman, co-founder of Ramp, gave a talk on how Ramp thinks about hiring. Ramp is about to cross 1,500 people. Half their spend goes to engineering, product, and design. Their SDRs carry 4x the quota of their closest competitor. The company runs on a simple test: does this save customers time or money? If yes, ship it. If not, don't. Here's how they built the team behind that. Before You Hire Anyone, You Need Taste Ramp almost never hires "pure managers." They want people who've done the work sold the deals, written the copy, designed the interface. Not once, but consistently. Eric still writes copy. Still reviews marketing collateral. Still gets involved in design decisions. The reason is simple: doing the work give

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