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Since we are digging through the archives...an oldie but goodie from Shackleton (1907). Wanted. Men for hazardous journey. Low wages. Bitter cold. Long h

by kqr2 16y ago

Since we are digging through the archives...an oldie but goodie from Shackleton (1907). Wanted. Men for hazardous journey. Low wages. Bitter cold. Long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in the event of success. http://bytepawn.com/2009/01/08/shackletons-job-advertisement/ http://bytepawn.com/2009/01/08/shackletons-job-advertisement...

timr 16y ago
"Low wages. Bitter cold. Long hours of complete darkness." At least he was honest. That description applies equally well to startup life in Seattle, but I didn't see any mention of it in Bezos' email. ;-)
- aaronbrethorst 16y ago
  Seattle isn't that bad! :) The wages are pretty good. Our locally produced Voyager gin is making me feel pretty toasty right now. iPhone+Rails contracting work around here is prevalent enough that it just paid for my Xmas trip to Maui... And, most importantly, we're past the Winter Solstice. Next stop: 17 hours of sunlight in late June!
JonnieCache 16y ago
I see the "men wanted for hazardous journey" bit reused in startup job ads pretty often.
Maro 16y ago
It's funny you should post that link to my blog. Back when I posted that, 1 year ago, we were 1 year into the startup, that meant we were in the "Wanted. Men for hazardous journey... Honor and recognition in the event of success" phase. Since then, I'm learning about the middle "Low wages. Bitter cold. Long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful" part. Anyways, it's my one week off, so I should get back to not reading HN.
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d0mine 16y ago
It is probably not real http://www.antarctic-circle.org/advert.htm http://www.antarctic-circle.org/advert.htm
mlok 16y ago
Funny, I was rewatching old Irish "Guinness" ads this morning, especially the "Tom Crean" one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXf93CEI4t0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXf93CEI4t0 Sounds like the man who got the job!

by kqr2 16y ago

timr 16y ago

"Low wages. Bitter cold. Long hours of complete darkness." At least he was honest. That description applies equally well to startup life in Seattle, but I didn't see any mention of it in Bezos' email. ;-)

aaronbrethorst 16y ago
Seattle isn't that bad! :) The wages are pretty good. Our locally produced Voyager gin is making me feel pretty toasty right now. iPhone+Rails contracting work around here is prevalent enough that it just paid for my Xmas trip to Maui... And, most importantly, we're past the Winter Solstice. Next stop: 17 hours of sunlight in late June!

JonnieCache 16y ago

I see the "men wanted for hazardous journey" bit reused in startup job ads pretty often.

Maro 16y ago

It's funny you should post that link to my blog. Back when I posted that, 1 year ago, we were 1 year into the startup, that meant we were in the "Wanted. Men for hazardous journey... Honor and recognition in the event of success" phase. Since then, I'm learning about the middle "Low wages. Bitter cold. Long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful" part. Anyways, it's my one week off, so I should get back to not reading HN.

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d0mine 16y ago

It is probably not real http://www.antarctic-circle.org/advert.htm http://www.antarctic-circle.org/advert.htm

mlok 16y ago

Funny, I was rewatching old Irish "Guinness" ads this morning, especially the "Tom Crean" one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXf93CEI4t0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXf93CEI4t0 Sounds like the man who got the job!