I have to agree. I think he might be trying to turn "Smart, and gets things done" into a two-tiered system so you can clearly decide that, in some cases, it's okay to go with the bright guy with an unimpressive resume, and in others, you really need to dig for someone who is exceptionally talented and has enough experience to teach rather than learn.

All essay critiquing aside: '''strong disagree''' on on the idea that you want/need to go past [[gets things done]] in an early stage startup. You need the mo'; you don't need the architecture you're going to run on 2 years from now.