Why I Only Hire "Full Stack People"

[@TheBossEntrepreneur]

I feel like some support people got fired this week

[@Rare_is_Real]

Dang. This made me feel a little better. I was always a jack of all trades. I had so many jobs in opposite fields. And it's not because I suck or lazy. Every single job I ever had I was the best. I can remember all my bosses would tell me they rarely had someone this good. I would get promoted fast. It didn't matter what job I had. I would work hard and be the best at it. But i had poeple tell me that it's useless to know a little bit about alot and I would never master. But I always had a quiet confidence and knew I was going to be good at whatever I do.

[@krisdale2305]

Michael Nguyen Effect sounds like it's time to debunk the jack of all trades master of none - it can be done and what you are most passionate about will come through after great understanding of the whole picture

[@guardiabreak234]

Knowledge accumulates, pretty soon you'll know a lot about a lot of things.

[@RadicalNuance]

A jack of all trades is a master of none which is better than an expert in one.

[@LabpupsOfficial]

Great video! Just got off the Uplevel Consulting Q&A call. Had to watch it after you mentioned it.

[@PeterJansenBusinessReturn]

Thanks Sam, i am also a INTJ and als a mastermind you need to surround yourself with FULL stack People, so thank you for this extra info! GREAT INFO

[@KlaasVictor]

Does Sam have a INTJ profile? I wonder what is the average personality profile of succesful people. I have a INTP profile.

[@channel1channel139]

He mentioned he is INTP :) close enough, definitely an NT mind :)

[@gcleary4462]

I thought I was after mis-understanding all of the information you've previously put out when you started promoting generalists - until you described that being a master of one thing should be build upon a foundation of general worldly knowledge. A knowledge gem right there.

[@raymeester7883]

Yes, but you missed out something he said. Watch out for people who say "It's not my job."

[@nazaninsekhavati]

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. This is my method.

[@mohammedchoukairi]

These videos will be presented in universities decades later if its not now already! always coming back here to nurture the brain about specific topics

[@MikeBarron1]

This man really knows what an asset is!

[@samovenstv]

Have you noticed this with exceptional people too? Check out the video and let me know what you think here in the comments...

[@Daukposse]

I think your biggest breakthru came when you started to undertstand human behavioural psychology. When you married that knowledge to mathematics and (later) automation, that is when your business exploded. The full stack theory works upto a point. I think your looking for specifics traits around flexibility & agility. People who can move between different areas & topics. At ease & will. They win because most of the world is good enough & fast as possible.

[@maxpoznanovich275]

Very interesting. Totally get what you mean.

[@bruceb85]

Hey Sam what reading material do you recommend for psychology/getting inside people’s head etc in sales

[@dougquinton4040]

Where have you gone Sam ?

[@ChasePearsonsChannel]

Where have you been all of my life lmfao This stuff is gold

[@myluckytime]

Thanks, my next steps are now clear. I though I was making a mistake, when learning all the things I didn't understand instead of hiring people.

[@snapman218]

Paying people for what they signed up for is called honesty. Looks like you’re exposing yourself

[@PolePress]

Fantastic video. One of your best we’ve seen thus far.

[@peterbergman5710]

i saw this video on your website, and i had to come here to the youtube site to leave a like because it was so useful

[@timmortimer7528]

Great video, very inspiring! I picked on one of your facebook videos awhile back and the idea of the full stack I've stuck with and worked on - there's just so much good sense in this video.. There's another angle, in the book The Lone Samurai, on Miyamato Musashi, he thought that to excel at one art form, swordsmanship, it was beneficial to practice various other art forms, in his case Tea Ceremony and Calligraphy.

[@mikehirst]

This describes me so well. Ever read the book "Range" by David Epstein? Always thought being a generalist was a bad thing because that's what everyone says. Really love how you laid this all out.

[@creatingdigitalassets]

It’s great to have staff who take ownership and initiative. Are autonomous reliable and curious to solve problems that arise

[@icency77]

I think I need to share this with all the people who think I m too scattered. I wish more people actually understood this more often when hiring

[@fitnesspoint2006]

He is talking about people who are "polymaths" you are likely not a polymath and more likely scattered brained.

[@ryanpeeters7036]

MJ was further able to transition his full stack skillset towards building a billion dollar business in the Jordan brand. Kobe is currently doing this with Bryan Stiebel. People that learn a broad range of skills (perhaps in this case in particular - a relentless drive and nurtured mindset), are easily able to transition success in very different parts of their lives.

[@guardiabreak234]

I'm full stack without full stack pay...

[@dougquinton4040]

Well then, you're not pushing that full stack into the right value position.

[@stevenbarchetti4833]

Great share Sam, It's nice to finally find someone that can appreciate my apparent DNA! So the million dollar question is where do I find more people that can appreciate this in me? ;-) Yes, I have heard the term looking for those qualities in the software world. In the finance world when you have to push a clients file through the pipeline every time someone else on the team had to touch the file everything slowed to a halt. So we designed people to touch the file less. Do everything one time!!! Great share Sam

[@calus_beratung]

Love this video. Stop talking - start thinking / start working! A partnered company of mine announced now - meetings comming up in 2019 :-( I hated this e-mail. He is to look this video.

[@kad25]

Well, hmmmm. Interesting angle about communication in the work place. I have been in situations where I couldn't complete my work upon deadline because someone from above had an attitude and didn't want to share that piece of the puzzle I needed. Transparency would have helped there. I could have found the answer myself. I am glad you have put a name to how I operate. I am a little bit slower at catching on to things because I always want to know how the whole circle fits together so I take the time to look at details and figure out the puzzle path. I do find that once I get it all together in my own mind I am then very good at what I do. I would think that you would pay a full stack person very well as they have taken the extra time and perhaps paid money to learn many things along the way that are beneficial

[@athmunrajkumar1877]

Sometimes experience matters, Kim really hits the nail on the head when it comes to corporates, sooner or later people get fed up with the cr@p that comes from the top

[@ZeeshanArshad]

Thanks Sam. At last I found you speaking on this topic too where majority make fun of jack of all trades.

[@elio8119]

Sam, with all due respect, I understand the reasoning, but the reality is that most of these opportunities want/expect someone to have the level of productivity of 2, 3 maybe 4 people at once and be paid just as one. Which in my book, this, I would never do. For example, in my case. I'm a software engineer, I do know FE, BE, and DevOps. I mainly do BE and some DevOps from time to time (which I enjoy). Furthermore, I could handle to do all of these 3 things by myself, but I would never accept this level of pressure and responsibility without a good financial incentive. It's not about the money, it's about self-respect.

[@Drumsgoon]

Great stuff, I think I have the base down, only now I need some specializing, quite hard when everything seems interesting.

[@rawbinmo]

Great video Sam

[@ErikHill1]

Dear Sam, your content is really, really, really good. Thank you for caring. Thank you for sharing.

[@jeffjeroense9371]

Quality video again, Sam.

[@Count.Money100]

Super Valuable video. Thanks Sam !

[@brandongrennan7602]

Makes perfect sense Sam. Thanks a ton!

[@greatmindsunlimited]

I feel so valuable and appreciated watching this video versus out-of-place and shunned. lol

[@AaqibMarid]

You could also make people take the Big 5 personality test and see how high they score in the trait 'Openness'. That's essentially what you're searching for when you're talking about hiring full stack people.

[@61Vibes]

Mr. Ovens, You are humorous. Your sense of playful insult is juvenile, but somehow refreshing. I look foreword to meeting your crew members again in the near future. This has been an enlightening opportunity. I advise that you consider staying within the realm of your league. Half stack league. Full Stacks are for men, not boys. Have a pleasant day.

[@DonaldBrown255]

Thanks for the video Sam. Very educational

[@TedSeeber]

Hint: Take a recent college graduate in your field. Spend 10+ years making her learn one new thing every month. Then you too will have a "Full Stack" person. --recently hired at a Fortune 500 company because in the last 15 years I've rebranded myself and gained the skills needed to be a "Full Stack" person. P.S.- you've got a horribly different view of Full Stack than I do, but it adds up to the same thing. To me, "Full Stack" means somebody who can go from a concept to leading a project to marketing that project; who can see the big picture. In the development phase, that means somebody who can build a database, build the middle tier, build the front end- on anything.

[@jakubkuik10]

Love the level of detail that you present when explaining your POV. This gives so much value. And from now on I know how to call myself :D never thought of a term "full stack person", it sounds less posh than "Renaissance Man" ;)

[@cpg7804]

Tai lopez calls this aspect of behavior/mindset: ''hustling while you wait" But this is a bit different, its more like: ''hustle instead of waiting''

[@bonniemanhattan2608]

Im a full stack person, thank for affirming that.

[@trainerskulb00d]

Thank you for this! I was beginning to think being a full stack wasnt desirable. If you're intrested in find all full stack people , I know where to find em

[@rafaeldiamantino8643]

Awesome Video Sam!

[@PaulTheLegend13]

The papi of marketing HAHAHHAA

[@stevedavenport1202]

Sage advice. However, I think these full stack people you speak of are rare breeds

[@jasonride8481]

I think you should run a Full Stack academic conference to publish new ideas...

[@Usmctbone]

Scary to think about how much better off the world would be if we all had full stack parenting.

[@KlaasVictor]

What a great company to work for.

[@samanthalawrence4115]

Great tips Sam

[@victormendoza3295]

I'm pretty much full stack and I have hired myself, lol.

[@vegasbarrinta5394]

I strongly disagree. Full stack people are entrepreneurs in the making, and get bored easily, so they move on easily too. It’s important to have people on your team who can do repetitive tasks over and over and over, and not get bored.

[@UGC_By_Ahmed]

Since you were an introvert and didnt talk much to people, what books on psychology helped you to go inside people heads and that you recommend Thank you

[@andreafalsini3798]

Great value!

[@andrewl647]

Always be wary of people with a bad case of "itsnotmyjobitis". The best employees are the ones who are willing to roll up their sleeves and pitch in with everybody else.

[@MomoBG2]

Sam, isn't it the case that most companies deliberately hire specialists, but they just organise their work in such a way that these people can be super effective?

[@Nickpinn]

Sam is a Tech Dominator ☝🏾💯🔥

[@raymeester7883]

*The Tech Dominator

[@arnieg8800]

Hey Sam, great video. Would you be able to list your recommended resources or primers that enable an average marketer to become a great marketer? Anything related to great copy, statistics, spreadsheets, psychology and UX. Thanks!

[@thomashoppe5667]

Brilliant, a bit controversial. But absolutely true!

[@VANCOUVERHOUSEFINDER]

they should know everything about everything. Seriously.

[@channel1channel139]

Sam - love your advice / content overall but the Defiant Ones documentary is honestly not the best recommendation - while it is long, there is not much detail on the tactics to learn from.. lots of fluff

[@PeterJansenBusinessReturn]

Sam a question? Full stack people, in what way are you going to pay them because my father always told me "when they are that good they will start a business for them selfs? Thank you Peter Jansen. Please explain why you think that is a good compensations systems, please

[@fitnesspoint2006]

Lots of gooffballs commenting below about being self assigned "full stack" people. SMH! Talk about wreecking of insecurity.

[@danypharel3245]

Sam! Every one of your words are worth a million dollars!

[@andrewflynn3277]

Seriously where do you get the green desk pad in the video?...

[@wkt2506]

This does mean you are looking for a certain personality type and could lead to group think

[@channel1channel139]

I love the approach but those types of people cost like 200k a yr...

[@russlea6383]

Benjamin "Full Stack" Franklin

[@daniellatanswell3990]

Hi Sam, you mention Amazon hiring people to replace the automated fulfilment process that was initially put in place by the Walmart model (cutting down from 3 days to 3 hrs). Do you have a reference? I ask because while Amazon still has a lot of employees in their fulfilment warehouses, the majority of the fulfilment is now done by AI robots, so I assume they have evolved from that initial point and I would like to know more about their approach to investing in people vs. automation.

[@georgenicola1056]

Interview some of your associates!

[@jimmysalsa501]

Thanks Sam, good stuff ! Can you create a program so I can become full stack ?

[@TheRick341]

Hello Sam this is Rick Dailey I've been doing door-to-door sales for over 50 five years that's right I start it was about 9 years old so tomatoes out of my father's Garden not that I wanted to but he made me because he wanted beer money for the weekend so I had to do it that's what basically got me started selling tomatoes cucumbers and corn I went to all the neighbor's house sold everything then he gave me a nickel for doing that I was happy as a a puppy with two Peters that's right because back then $0. 05 could buy you a Snickers candy bar and I went out and sold probably another six buckets or wagons full and I was Off to the Races that's how I got my start doing sales and to this day I still do door-to-door or obviously different businesses basically I just want to do a shout-out because I see a lot of problems that people have trying to get with her trying to get too and of course you showed them how to do it but if you want to learn some old tricks on a quick way of turn around let me know

[@tomowolabi]

For your kind of content, it would be best to have the camera stable...the shaking is a bit distracting

[@yuppersmagee79]

It's not as distracting is you listen to and feel the value in the content.

[@benomareliteinvest]

Hello Sam, Ive studies communications and worked in event planning. But now I wanna get to management consulting and aiming at becoming a full stack person. So my question is o you have any resources I could start with to fill the business gap and lay a structure to my learning.

[@MrCalifornicationSD]

Hey some just stumbled upon your channel the other day and I wanted to express my gratitude with this comment for the amazing content you're delivering here. My question is: What books - other than the 4 books you shared in another video of yours - do you recommend to your (aspiring) full-stack employees mentioned at 30:15?

[@emiliokarikis1425]

Surely you werent pumping Rhett's tyres about being a stacked PT?! Thanks for the video Sam, can you recommend any business strategy or finance books?

[@tomowolabi]

Well Sam, I think you marketing should have given surport heads up so they get themselves prepared

[@TodorescuProgramming]

the best definition is problem solver.. (fluid like water)

[@TheBossEntrepreneur]

3:50 @SamOvens you are describing me very well ! :) :P

[@warmrew9033]

You do the worst thing, because: 1. You add limits to hire really good frontend and backend developers who can work together and give much more then 2 full stack (= know nothing deep enought) 2. You hire people, who knows less, because Time is a limited resource. 3. The complexity of modern development is very hight. You can't know ReactJS and Angular and the same time know backend architecture and so on. It's not like in 200x with 10 lines of JS code. So, a stupid solution.

[@kennethlee8174]

sam can you do a video on mastering boring and mundane task and doing things that you dont want to do. like debunk the myth of doing only things you are passionate about when in reality you must confront the boring tasks and confront the tasks you dont feel like doing

[@swirlingchi]

Kenneth Lee until you can delegate low-value tasks, do what you can with mindfulness and focus; get better at enjoying the process (good book on this is The Practicing Mind). Pomodoro technique can help get the momentum going on things you put off or don’t feel like doing. And helps to have a compelling vision for yourself and a big WHY. Tackle the hardest things first after an empowering morning routine.

[@kennethlee8174]

thank you im going to purchase the book right now! thank you for your insightful comment really appreciate it :)

[@brianhalliday1048]

It seems like the direct opposite of the advice from becoming a niche provider?

[@SteveMiguel]

Agree with this

[@bugiothales]

Don't agree with all in this video. You should have marketing informing the company what it is campaigning

[@VideoGrabBag]

So basically someone who has ADD and isn't lazy.

[@raymeester7883]

Roughly speaking.

[@jaliscoguizar10]

So then y'all hiring?

[@ErikHill1]

Not sure if it’s possible to do in a 30 minute video, but would you be able to speak to cross-platform retargeting? Even if you could just speak on the general ideas and general how to, your audience is smart enough to figure it out. 😉

[@ElGo10x]

18:15 22:20

[@sulphurcityfoundry5009]

Please turn off geo-location for New Zealand. I'm getting really p*ssed off seeing your rambling ads every few minutes.

[@JuanIgnacioFernandez]

install the youtube adblocker extension you are welcome

[@300Ricci]

#FullStack4Life

[@300Ricci]

#Transparency #DoingIsTheOnlyThingThatGetsThingsDone

[@snapman218]

Looks like that guy is only good at engineering and not sales better fire him

[@dvsrgnt]

Hi Sam, Interesting video presented well, but you are a salesman! I have watched a few of your videos over the past 2 days and of course you present yourself well and there’s logic in what you say but I’m very skeptical and curious of people, not only you but most people have an interesting story to tell. Some of you videos I can’t relate too, with private cooks and personal fitness consultants I’m not in that position, I have travelled in my youth and visited your home country, which is beautiful but I’m living In my home country in England at 40 years of age with my 3 beautiful kids working in middle management at a well know British company wanting to make a change in my life! I will not be holding my breath for a reply but you must have taken a few chances in your life to get where you are, so how about another? To spend a week in your shoes and question your life methodology would be something. Regards Dave

[@Paddy-McNasty]

what if your a one "gender fluid pan sexual" operation can these principles still work ??

[@nimrodvizi]

Most of these Full stack people are the entrepreneurs :) I am literally one based on your description. I always strive to understand the whole business and because of it I got in trouble and even let go, the reason being I wanted to know too much :)) Did this happened to any one of you??

[@fitnesspoint2006]

You are likely scattered brained and not a true polymath

[@athmunrajkumar1877]

Sorry but you got this one wrong, marketing is expecting the support guys to support YOUR customers on a campaign they know nothing about end result your support guys look like mugs in front of your customers which makes your company look like a fly by night. Get it. No? Okay how about this, you have so little respect for your support guys that you want them to figure things out at the snap of your fingers, are they at the bottom of the hierarchy, does nobody really respect them that they're just expected to do everyone's dirty work? Haven't thought about it like that have you? Sorry your insights are normally spot on but you have some blind spots like expecting people to work for one salary but to do 6 different jobs, people are not getting the rewards you are getting, they're not the entrepreneur, you are, they're just working for you. Please think on this deeply you may or may not get it. Sorry for this I am not a yes man, I really like you but on this point you're off the mark. But we're all human, everybody has blind spots, can't be right all the time maybe I'm wrong on this who knows, you're the multimillionaire not me, maybe you have to be kind of a d|ck to make lots of money by screwing people over in some way or another. Cruel world survival of the fittest and all that. I believe there's a point where efficiency goes to far, then nature has a way of balancing things out with your business it could be the beginning of division within your company, when your startup becomes a corporate and that usually sounds the death knell where it's all on you because nobody is being respected enough to care anymore while the big shots slowly siphon off profits through bloated remuneration packages then move on to their next target. Sad but true. Remember what Bezos said, operate like Day One mentality. Customer first, always, not marketing first and not full stack people first. In that logic your customer facing people first,.i.e. your support guys are the most important people in your company

[@flor.7797]

What if his support team are full stack support people who are paid above average? I'd have 1 well paid full stack support team manager and then x good support guys below who don't need to think by them self too much but are also not paid that much for the same reason but with possibility to grow. Anyway you obviously have been treated bad in support before so that's really all you care about isn't it :)