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		dagw on Oct 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Time at Snap Yea, I've worked at a place that had job ads out despite having no plans on hiring on the grounds that "someone really amazing might apply". They never did.

charlesju on Oct 1, 2019 [–]

There are a lot of strategic reasons to do this:

1. Internally you'll feel like you're growing still even though you aren't

2. Externally to investors same feeling

3. You will collect resumes in case you want to fire up hiring again quickly

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