Ramp’s billionaire CEO ignores résumés and Ivy League degrees—he’s more interested in engineers who built Minecraft servers as teens

The most valuable hires, according to Ramp cofounder and CEO Eric Glyman, aren’t the ones with the lengthiest or most impressive résumés. They’re the ones not even in the job market yet.

Glyman’s hiring philosophy runs against the standard corporate playbook of a litany of credentials, crazy connections, and elite college degrees. He’s after what he calls a “spike,” or exceptional drive.

“I’m less interested in what is the résumé,” he said on David Senra’s podcast in an episode published Sunday. “I’m far more interested in proof of work.” 

Senra’s podcast counts Jeff Bezos, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong among its listeners, according to reporting from Fortune’s Lily Mae Lazarus, and has become something of an obsession among the world’s most powerful CEOs. Ramp is now Senra’s largest advertiser and is a corporate card and expense-management startup that automates business spending. Ramp serves 70,000 customers, crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue, and is currently valued at $44 billion.

Why Ramp’s Eric Glyman hires for ‘proof of work’ over résumés

Glyman said “proof of work” tends to show up early and in unexpected places. 

On the podcast, he described an entire community of Ramp engineers whom the company found........

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