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Reminds me of this developer we were interviewing once. He asked if we treat our developers like mushrooms. I asked what he meant by that. He said do you keep t
by mykowebhn 8y ago
Reminds me of this developer we were interviewing once. He asked if we treat our developers like mushrooms. I asked what he meant by that. He said do you keep them in the dark and feed them sh*t?
He didn't get the job.
- gibolt 8y agoSo the answer was yes?
- hrktb 8y agoTBF I interviewed companies where floors were mildy dark, people packed, and the air moisty. That was just not a place to keep workers 8 hours a day. If I was more witty I’d precisely ask that question at the end of the interview.
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- monsieurbanana 8y agoEither he's socially handicapped, or the company really needs to improve it's working environment. Fifty fifty really.
- tonyarkles 8y agoFunny enough, that statement would have won points with me. The first time I heard that phrase was in "Soul of a New Machine", and it would have been a good ice breaker :). That being said... definitely not something I would personally drop in an interview. Edit: also, there's a final piece of that that's critical: > Tom West practices the "Mushroom Theory of Management" – "keeping them in the dark, feeding them shit, and watch them grow." Many companies stop after the first two parts and miss the third.