The Minutes of David Friedberg on hiring https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/hiring/ Everything David Friedberg has said on hiring: 3 verbatim quotes between May 2025 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:45 +0000 Friedberg's non-engineer chief of staff used AI to write a Python script that screened hundreds of resumes in https://minutesof.com/q/be341729-f938-4d39-8709-50fdb4353768/ https://minutesof.com/q/be341729-f938-4d39-8709-50fdb4353768/ “So Laura asked AI to write a Python script for her, to download all the resumes from Greenhouse, scan them, score them, and give her results. She did this all in a couple of hours.” — This Week in Startups Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00:06 +0000 hiring Friedberg mandates managers justify headcount requests by first explaining why AI cannot accomplish the same t https://minutesof.com/q/6f0d6daa-55c6-4ac7-8228-c5caf5b982b3/ https://minutesof.com/q/6f0d6daa-55c6-4ac7-8228-c5caf5b982b3/ “So for example, when anyone asks for head count, ask them, Why can't AI do the job? Right.” — This Week in Startups Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00:06 +0000 hiring Friedberg requires every hiring request at Ohalo to include a paragraph explaining why AI cannot do the job. https://minutesof.com/q/0d98cd35-bb0b-4b64-9fe0-02baafb2b89e/ https://minutesof.com/q/0d98cd35-bb0b-4b64-9fe0-02baafb2b89e/ “Ask those questions. And so maybe every job description that needs to get approved by leadership, and the first paragraph is, why aren't you using AI?” — This Week in Startups Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00:06 +0000 hiring