Episode 485: I'm terrible at hiring decisions and my coworker spams us with AI-generated memes

<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p>

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<p>What signals do you look for when interviewing candidates? I’ve helped interview many people at this point and almost all of the engineers that I marked as “hire” that we brought on board ended up being low performers and were eventually managed out. I wasn’t the only one who approved them either, so not all the blame falls on me, but I’m really doubting my ability to assess talent.</p>

<p>Is hiring inherently just this difficult?
Is there anything I can do to improve my judgement or screening approach?</p>
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<p>Hi Dave and Jamison,</p>

<p>A coworker on my team won’t stop creating AI generated memes.</p>

<p>We’re a remote team and every meeting he shares memes in the chat whilst we’re trying to have productive conversations. He does this in any type of meeting, including all-hands meetings with C-level execs. On smaller calls he often hijacks it to share his screen and show us a meme he just created about something that was just said.</p>

<p>It started off funny at first. But it’s now a constant distraction.</p>

<p>I find it frustrating because I don’t see how he can be paying attention and contributing to discussions when he’s busy making memes. And, I also don’t appreciate seeing AI versions of my own face being shared into public Slack channels.</p>

<p>How can I address this without sounding like I am anti-fun?</p>

<p>Love the show, been listening for many years, keep up the good work!</p>
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