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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

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   I keep getting asked to interview new candidates. But my interview feedback history is pretty bad. I\\u2019ve said yes to hiring:

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   • Someone who\\u2019s super smart, but drives me absolutely crazy with constant argument and may cause me to take the time-honored Soft Skills advice and quit my job.
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   • My boss at my former company, who DID drive me to quit my job.
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   • My first (and only) hire back when I was a people manager, who turned out to be terrible, but I was told I had to keep him around because \\u201cit would look bad\\u201d to fire my first hire.
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   What should I do? Is it acceptable to just keep turning down interview requests? I\\u2019ve wandered into a tech lead position, so I suspect I can\\u2019t dodge them forever. But I don\\u2019t want to keep suggesting bad hires just for the sake of getting more interview practice.

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   Thanks for all the advice and the laughs! I\\u2019ve been a regular listener for a couple years.

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   How long do I need to wait before bailing on a new job I don\\u2019t like? More than a month? It\\u2019s not totally miserable: the people are nice and the company has good prospects. But the technical decisions of the team lead to daily frustrations for me.

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