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I'm all for the positivity but really?? > Access to an elite organization In what way is Slack elite? These writers need to tone done their hyperbole.

DaiPlusPlus 7y ago
> In what way is Slack elite? Slack's a big name in the tech industry and there's certainly competition for jobs they have on offer. As _elite_ as, say, Apple, Google or Facebook? Probably not - but they're not Accenture or Capita either.
jayparth 7y ago
In what way is Slack not elite? Slack is within the top 10% of companies in the Bay Area by pretty much any metric you choose to rank companies by. By almost any measure, that's elite. Is Berkeley not an elite school, because it's less prestigious than Stanford?
- pkaye 7y ago
  > Slack is within the top 10% of companies in the Bay Area by pretty much any metric you choose to rank companies by. What about profitability?
- purple_ducks 7y ago
  Since we're answering questions with questions... > Slack is within the top 10% of companies in the Bay Area by pretty much any metric you choose to rank companies by What are you basing that on? I'd say a bloated chat app in no way portrays elite. What has come out of Slack that screams elite? There's more to elite than just 'oh look it shiny'
  - jayparth 7y ago
    Whatever dude, I'm not going to argue with you here. The beginning of this article starts out by explaining what a stand up is. It's not written for tech workers it's a general piece. And just working at any large technology company puts you in a very small fraction of the population and the truth is a lot of people vy for these positions. If you work at Slack coming out of undergraduate, you'll be a top 1% earner for your age bracket. That is pretty "elite" by a normal person's standard. My original point still stands. Realize you're living in a bubble if you think a normal person would not consider working at any "average" tech company like Atlassian, or Dropbox, elite. Let me guess, you work at a company that's """elite"""?
    - purple_ducks 7y ago
      Ah no. It's an article about a software engineer in a software company which they call elite. It's shared on a site with tech people and commented on by tech people. Elite has a meaning. It's not just a 'nice place to work'. If you aren't able or willing to articulate your rebuttal to my comment then you shouldn't have hit reply on the original comment and then proceed to dodge/re-frame the world so you can be right. > My original point still stands No, it really doesn't, at all. > Let me guess, you work at a company that's """elite"""? No. edit: also, could you please stop pulling made up stats out of your behind? " top 10% of companies in the Bay Area". "top 1% earner for your age bracket". percentages & stats are real things - not flippant things which have no meaning.
cameronbrown 7y ago
I tend to avoid valleythink, but Slack's brand value is definitely elite, it pays extremely well and is widely used, even if it is just a glorified Bay Area chat app.
dang 7y ago
Please don't take HN on nitpicky tangents, especially bilious ones. Every article contains some minor provocation. We all need to learn to handle those, not start threads about them. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

DaiPlusPlus 7y ago

> In what way is Slack elite? Slack's a big name in the tech industry and there's certainly competition for jobs they have on offer. As _elite_ as, say, Apple, Google or Facebook? Probably not - but they're not Accenture or Capita either.

jayparth 7y ago

In what way is Slack not elite? Slack is within the top 10% of companies in the Bay Area by pretty much any metric you choose to rank companies by. By almost any measure, that's elite. Is Berkeley not an elite school, because it's less prestigious than Stanford?

pkaye 7y ago
> Slack is within the top 10% of companies in the Bay Area by pretty much any metric you choose to rank companies by. What about profitability?
purple_ducks 7y ago
Since we're answering questions with questions... > Slack is within the top 10% of companies in the Bay Area by pretty much any metric you choose to rank companies by What are you basing that on? I'd say a bloated chat app in no way portrays elite. What has come out of Slack that screams elite? There's more to elite than just 'oh look it shiny'
- jayparth 7y ago
  Whatever dude, I'm not going to argue with you here. The beginning of this article starts out by explaining what a stand up is. It's not written for tech workers it's a general piece. And just working at any large technology company puts you in a very small fraction of the population and the truth is a lot of people vy for these positions. If you work at Slack coming out of undergraduate, you'll be a top 1% earner for your age bracket. That is pretty "elite" by a normal person's standard. My original point still stands. Realize you're living in a bubble if you think a normal person would not consider working at any "average" tech company like Atlassian, or Dropbox, elite. Let me guess, you work at a company that's """elite"""?
  - purple_ducks 7y ago
    Ah no. It's an article about a software engineer in a software company which they call elite. It's shared on a site with tech people and commented on by tech people. Elite has a meaning. It's not just a 'nice place to work'. If you aren't able or willing to articulate your rebuttal to my comment then you shouldn't have hit reply on the original comment and then proceed to dodge/re-frame the world so you can be right. > My original point still stands No, it really doesn't, at all. > Let me guess, you work at a company that's """elite"""? No. edit: also, could you please stop pulling made up stats out of your behind? " top 10% of companies in the Bay Area". "top 1% earner for your age bracket". percentages & stats are real things - not flippant things which have no meaning.

cameronbrown 7y ago

I tend to avoid valleythink, but Slack's brand value is definitely elite, it pays extremely well and is widely used, even if it is just a glorified Bay Area chat app.

dang 7y ago

Please don't take HN on nitpicky tangents, especially bilious ones. Every article contains some minor provocation. We all need to learn to handle those, not start threads about them. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html