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A lot of this post is eerily similar to one of my old blog posts: http://voltsteve.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/why-should-i-join-yo...

I'm not claiming the author lifted any of the content but I am curious as to whether or not he/she had read my post in the past?



Wait, you don't know who the author is and you call yourself a tech recruiter?

Fred Wilson has invested in what, 100 tech companies? He has been writing MBA Monday's posts for years. This post has multiple hundreds of comments on it. There are probably hundreds of retweets and comments on Twitter about it (you know, another company he invested in).

I'm pretty sure he didn't need your blog post to give advice on hiring.


Hey, it could happen. After all, Google stole my idea to make a self-driving car.


...and you call yourself a tech recruiter?

Actually I don't call myself a tech recruiter. Haven't done so in a while. That's a very old blog post and I am well aware of who the author is. A highly public personality doesn't preclude you to taking inspiration from other sources.


i hadn't read your post until now. but it is very good and covers a lot of the same ground. thanks for pointing it out.


Not to worry Fred. I partly guessed it was co-incidence as the topic is relatively linear if you know how to do it right which you obviously do.




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