# We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made. - Host: [medium.freecodecamp.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/medium.freecodecamp.org/) - Saved: August 29, 2018 (2018-08-30T04:05:45Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d0463dc2989a/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d0463dc2989a.json ## What Jamie wrote I have met some "Rick's" in my days and I can attest to the positive outcomes of getting people like this off of your team. Building things is a team sport, and if someone doesn't want to be part of the team or brings the rest of the team down — they shouldn't be on the team. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT69: Weekly Thing #69 / Sep 1, 2018](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/69/), Notable Links 📌 ## Same host - [How to build a dashboard for your grill using Arduino and React](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7ad3c45512ff/) (medium.freecodecamp.org, September 30, 2017) - [Unlearning toxic behaviors in a code review culture](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/102b9d5a9d21/) (medium.freecodecamp.org, April 30, 2018) ## Saved the same week - [Serverless Best Practices – Paul Johnston – Medium](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/31273262375c/) (medium.com, August 29, 2018) - [The Rise and Rise of JSON](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0e0e75ce4de4/) (twobithistory.org, August 29, 2018) - [Antifragility is a Fragile Concept](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b36891e1cfcb/) (linkedin.com, August 29, 2018) - [Sinkholes: When the Earth Opens Up - The Atlantic](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/45979ee56e73/) (theatlantic.com, August 29, 2018) - [“Do no harm” to Facebook’s business model – Monday Note](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/10c770aca89b/) (mondaynote.com, August 29, 2018) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://medium.freecodecamp.org/we-fired-our-top-talent-best-decision-we-ever-made-4c0a99728fde