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		leaflets2 on Aug 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The hardest people for founders to hire are so cal... How do you know if a reference is trustable? (Reference checking the references maybe is one thing?)

foobiekr on Aug 4, 2022 [–]

One degree out people you trust.

leaflets2 on Aug 5, 2022 | [–]

Thanks. Hmm, that can be interpreted as if there's no way to be sure about remote job applicants. Since no one one knows knows them

(I don't mean for a CEO role, just in general)

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