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bravo. this describes a very real trend in the job market. the term "super job" is a useful handle. i guess the post-2008 "super recession" emboldened all thes

bravo. this describes a very real trend in the job market. the term "super job" is a useful handle. i guess the post-2008 "super recession" emboldened all these companies to demand "self-starting, high energy, ninja rock stars who thrive on chaos and multitasking with no supervision" to fill all their "super jobs" but now these same companies need to adjust to the tighter labor market.

prepend 8y ago
Compliments are free and it seems to me that people who accept compliments as currency don’t have the deep skill set and/or network to command high rates. This job posting seems more like a small biz who wants a little bit of a bunch of stuff and would bore 8 people. I used to love these jobs as they let me develop new skills and test stuff out before finding a niche. It could be that some maniac actually wants 80 hours/week. But more likely that they have a bunch of it/dev stuff that together warrants a budget, but otherwise would be outsourced to a BI monthly services firm or a SharePoint monthly services firm.
- rpwilcox 8y ago
  I bet it was a small business where someone ("Todd Packer") did all that stuff once, when it was 3-8 people, a garage, and a bunch of leased equipment. Now they're 50-100 people, Todd burned out, and they're trying to find another Todd. (Maybe Todd explicitly burnt out and everyone knew it, maybe Todd implicitly burnt out, went job hunting and surprised everyone... I don't know! But that's what it smells like to me). Or maybe the CEO is trying to carve off their non-CEO duties. Okkkkkkkkkk.... but owning a company makes you motivated to work unsustainable hours, and... it's unlikely you'll find a $40/hour contractor willing to give 40 hours/week + 40-50 hours "gotta get this done at all costs" free labor. Eventually that contractor is going to run those numbers... But, yes, disregarding all that stuff, superjobs are becoming a problem...

prepend 8y ago

Compliments are free and it seems to me that people who accept compliments as currency don’t have the deep skill set and/or network to command high rates. This job posting seems more like a small biz who wants a little bit of a bunch of stuff and would bore 8 people. I used to love these jobs as they let me develop new skills and test stuff out before finding a niche. It could be that some maniac actually wants 80 hours/week. But more likely that they have a bunch of it/dev stuff that together warrants a budget, but otherwise would be outsourced to a BI monthly services firm or a SharePoint monthly services firm.

rpwilcox 8y ago
I bet it was a small business where someone ("Todd Packer") did all that stuff once, when it was 3-8 people, a garage, and a bunch of leased equipment. Now they're 50-100 people, Todd burned out, and they're trying to find another Todd. (Maybe Todd explicitly burnt out and everyone knew it, maybe Todd implicitly burnt out, went job hunting and surprised everyone... I don't know! But that's what it smells like to me). Or maybe the CEO is trying to carve off their non-CEO duties. Okkkkkkkkkk.... but owning a company makes you motivated to work unsustainable hours, and... it's unlikely you'll find a $40/hour contractor willing to give 40 hours/week + 40-50 hours "gotta get this done at all costs" free labor. Eventually that contractor is going to run those numbers... But, yes, disregarding all that stuff, superjobs are becoming a problem...