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what are the other companies you'll never work for?

codesushi42 7y ago
Facebook is one, and a week doesn't go by without me being contacted by one of their recruiters touting their advancements in poker playing AI. Whoopee.
- tgtweak 7y ago
  The funniest part is when they reach out almost immediately after eliminating a candidate, for the same job. Like their recruiters aren't even coordinated. I'm sure they farm some of that out.
tgtweak 7y ago
Hijacking this spot to highlight newrelic as a company I used to evangelize and now will go out of my way to recommend against (I consult startups as a virtual CTO). They used to have a brilliant offering (Application level monitoring with all associated hosts included) then they deprecated the host monitoring and jacked the price up on every one of my clients while simultaneously threatening them to collect based on the new plans. Every month was a new account rep reaching out to introduce themselves. My love affair ended when a message to the CMO resulted in them forcing the account into free tier without so much as a reply - basically what I'd expect from someone who designed such an org. Moved all the remaining clients off of it (5 digit MRR) to datadog and didn't look back. Later worked with a former engineer and he attested it was a shit show after they set their sights on an IPO. They had really really strong tech and product culture up until then. Was kind of a death rattle for me and sure enough after they IPOd they really did nothing. Still makes me angry when I think of it cause it was such a kick-ass product.
- codesushi42 7y ago
  We need an HN thread that highlights companies to never work for and why, like this example. Thank you sir.
  - tgtweak 7y ago
    Sounds like good fodder for an Ask HN.
- goldenkey 7y ago
  Ah, brings back memories. We used NewRelic at Jux circa 2012ish onward. We were happy with it at the time. What year did this all happen?
  - tgtweak 7y ago
    2015/2016
- vxNsr 7y ago
  > newrelic Seems they're trading at 2x their IPO, and they were at 3x a few months ago... Did something happen in 2018 that made them huge for a bit? or was it just the rest of the world discovering cloud?
- eloff 7y ago
  Please contact me at the email in my profile. I may have a work opportunity for you in the New Year.
  - tgtweak 7y ago
    There doesn't appear to be one on your profile.
    - eloff 7y ago
      dan.eloff @ popular google email service

Facebook is one, and a week doesn't go by without me being contacted by one of their recruiters touting their advancements in poker playing AI. Whoopee.

tgtweak 7y ago
The funniest part is when they reach out almost immediately after eliminating a candidate, for the same job. Like their recruiters aren't even coordinated. I'm sure they farm some of that out.

tgtweak 7y ago

Hijacking this spot to highlight newrelic as a company I used to evangelize and now will go out of my way to recommend against (I consult startups as a virtual CTO). They used to have a brilliant offering (Application level monitoring with all associated hosts included) then they deprecated the host monitoring and jacked the price up on every one of my clients while simultaneously threatening them to collect based on the new plans. Every month was a new account rep reaching out to introduce themselves. My love affair ended when a message to the CMO resulted in them forcing the account into free tier without so much as a reply - basically what I'd expect from someone who designed such an org. Moved all the remaining clients off of it (5 digit MRR) to datadog and didn't look back. Later worked with a former engineer and he attested it was a shit show after they set their sights on an IPO. They had really really strong tech and product culture up until then. Was kind of a death rattle for me and sure enough after they IPOd they really did nothing. Still makes me angry when I think of it cause it was such a kick-ass product.

codesushi42 7y ago
We need an HN thread that highlights companies to never work for and why, like this example. Thank you sir.
- tgtweak 7y ago
  Sounds like good fodder for an Ask HN.
goldenkey 7y ago
Ah, brings back memories. We used NewRelic at Jux circa 2012ish onward. We were happy with it at the time. What year did this all happen?
- tgtweak 7y ago
  2015/2016
vxNsr 7y ago
> newrelic Seems they're trading at 2x their IPO, and they were at 3x a few months ago... Did something happen in 2018 that made them huge for a bit? or was it just the rest of the world discovering cloud?
eloff 7y ago
Please contact me at the email in my profile. I may have a work opportunity for you in the New Year.
- tgtweak 7y ago
  There doesn't appear to be one on your profile.
  - eloff 7y ago
    dan.eloff @ popular google email service