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My startup is hiring
- drivingmenuts 17y agoSo, why does your startup have a Cordon Bleu trained chef? Is that blowing money that could be better spent elsewhere? I understand that feeding your programmers keeps butts in seats that otherwise would be doing something else, but that just seems a bit excessive. Kind of like the game rooms, health spas, etc., that wasted a lot of money in the last boom.
- johnl 17y agoThey advertise her in return for her services would be a better conclusion. Looks like matching services is the business they are in so it is not so far fetched. From her feedback, she does a great job.
- martian 17y agoWhile I understand that it might sound luxurious, having the whole team at the office for the entire day really helps with communication and productivity. And the cost is a fraction of what we might be spending on take-out or catering. We also have weekly dinners that give us a chance to invite colleagues and advisors in for good food and conversation.
- substack 17y agoI really hate years of experience used as a metric because it doesn't distinguish between people who did are actually experienced in a technology and people who have merely been around a technology for a long time but never bothered to probe its internals. Not that I'm looking for a job, but this advert doesn't exactly sell the position, either. What sorts of technical problems are you solving? What is your development environment like? How does your team collaborate? You mention PHP, javascript, and linux, but what are you doing with these technologies specifically?
- martian 17y agoThanks for your comment. Working with someone who's spent time in an engineering team is valuable and means we don't need to train on that part of the job. Otherwise I think your points are very valid and I will work to flesh out this job description to describe some of the more interesting things we're working on.