A resume tells you how well someone can write about themselves. That’s it.

And now with AI, anyone can have a perfect CV in 10 minutes. So we’re literally back to square one on figuring out who can actually build. But the thing that really gets me… even if the resume is honest, it still doesn’t answer the real question. You don’t need a developer. You need the right developer.

Like if you’re building something that needs a compiler engineer, a generic “5 years backend experience” hire is going to cost you months. You’re onboarding them on domain knowledge they might never fully get.

So most companies just hire the broadest guy they can find and hope it works out. And then wonder why things are slow 6 months later.

The signal you actually need is already out there — GitHub. What someone has built, what repos they’ve contributed to, what problems they’ve actually solved. That’s real.

Curious how other founders/CTOs are actually handling this. Is anyone doing it differently or is it still just vibes and LinkedIn?