What if he's making a moneyball-type play and doesn't even know it?
High-level Microsoft engineers are fairly valued or slightly overvalued by the job market as a whole. When hiring for a startup, he should be looking for undervalued assets. If he can make a convincing case to his stakeholders that high-level Microsoft engineers are not a good fit, maybe he can gain an advantage over other startups.
High-level Microsoft engineers are fairly valued or slightly overvalued by the job market as a whole. When hiring for a startup, he should be looking for undervalued assets. If he can make a convincing case to his stakeholders that high-level Microsoft engineers are not a good fit, maybe he can gain an advantage over other startups.