Palmer Luckey was Oculus' best optical engineer — and still calls it a hiring failure
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-07
A widely shared take argues that Palmer Luckey, the best optical engineer at Oculus, considers the company a failure because his negligent hiring meant its ceiling never rose above his own skill: "pride is a hiring gap."
The reposter's one-line lesson: always hire people better than yourself, always — a founder's personal brilliance can't compensate for a weak recruiting bar.
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