Hiring Decisions
MaysonL: It depends on what jobs you are looking to fill.If you have problems that need brilliant solutions, A sounds like (s)he might be a fit.If your problems are more mundane, and need lots of communication between team members, B could be better.A would probably fit better into a research establishment (think Bell Labs, PARC, Microsoft Research, etc.), B into a commercial IT or software company which is in upgrade release mode.