"For a manager, the right answer to 'What is the single most important thing you do at work?' is hiring." (How Google Works)
"Favoring specialization over intelligence is exactly wrong, especially in high tech. The world is changing so fast that hiring a specialist can backfire. A smart generalist doesn't have bias, so is free to survey the wide range of solutions and gravitate to the best one."
"Urgency of the role isn't sufficiently important to compromise quality in hiring."
Schmidt believed hiring was more important than any other management task. He personally reviewed every offer at Google for years.