Ameya Shanbhag

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Overcoming the fear factor in hiring tech talent

- Hiring managers hesitate when hiring non-tech people with learning curves to fill mission-critical tech roles - But recent research shows that people are capable of mastering distinctly new skills and that unconventional tech hires are not so unconventional -People who started out in entirely different lines of work and then reinvented themselves by adding new abilities along the way indicate that they want to push out of their comfort zones & are often capable of developing & applying more new technical skills than many hiring managers assume -But the willingness to hire them requires a shift in thinking.