Some folks,
particularly hobbyists looking to publish one novel, prefer the DIY approach, but the fact of the matter is most
successful people will
hire other people to do work for them due to time constraints and their desire to focus on more important business matters within the industry.
And firms,
particularly in recent years following the popular success of Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game, Michael Lewis's book on the use of sabermetrics in US Major League baseball, have tracked how
successful (or otherwise) their graduate recruitment policies and practices have been in
hiring the best performing associates and, indeed, future partners.