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That's silly though because even if they won the lottery they'd probably at least have an exit period while they sorted out their winnings, and you could potent

That's silly though because even if they won the lottery they'd probably at least have an exit period while they sorted out their winnings, and you could potentially pay them to work a reduced schedule or something, especially if they like working there. If I won the lottery I wouldn't stop working immediately, I'd give notice and could do some hand over. Bus factor though - if a bus hits me I am immediately gone and people have to catch up without hand holding

e1g 3y ago
The “lottery” framing is the normalized and gentle way of asking “What’s our plan for when Stripe / OpenAI offers them a $1M/yr Staff role but only if they start immediately?” Think about the great engineers you’ve met, and how many of them would say “Sorry, but no - my current team relies on me, and I should help them transition”.
- jasonm23 3y ago
  Lottery framing is the gentle way of saying, what if they die. But sure, go with the "other" lottery. That's why we called it a Truck number.
- RugnirViking 3y ago
  I feel like a team that won't accept > Sorry, but no - my current team relies on me, and I should help them transition as a reason to allow a transition period is setting themselves up for failure. Isn't that the kind of engineer you want?
- mecha_ghidorah 3y ago
  > only if they start immediately Maybe this is a cultural thing, but here it's pretty well understood that people have notice periods built into their contracts. Absolutely no employer would be hiring any staff with any expectation that they be able to start the next day if that person is already employed.
  - bobthepanda 3y ago
    In the US two weeks notice is the cultural norm, although there are horror stories about bad employers who don’t respect that all. Probably the more relevant framing is “what if person just suddenly quits/takes leave?” Which has a whole host of valid reasons for happening.
jedberg 3y ago
It's just a nicer way of saying that they left without implying that they died.

e1g 3y ago

The “lottery” framing is the normalized and gentle way of asking “What’s our plan for when Stripe / OpenAI offers them a $1M/yr Staff role but only if they start immediately?” Think about the great engineers you’ve met, and how many of them would say “Sorry, but no - my current team relies on me, and I should help them transition”.

jasonm23 3y ago
Lottery framing is the gentle way of saying, what if they die. But sure, go with the "other" lottery. That's why we called it a Truck number.
RugnirViking 3y ago
I feel like a team that won't accept > Sorry, but no - my current team relies on me, and I should help them transition as a reason to allow a transition period is setting themselves up for failure. Isn't that the kind of engineer you want?
mecha_ghidorah 3y ago
> only if they start immediately Maybe this is a cultural thing, but here it's pretty well understood that people have notice periods built into their contracts. Absolutely no employer would be hiring any staff with any expectation that they be able to start the next day if that person is already employed.
- bobthepanda 3y ago
  In the US two weeks notice is the cultural norm, although there are horror stories about bad employers who don’t respect that all. Probably the more relevant framing is “what if person just suddenly quits/takes leave?” Which has a whole host of valid reasons for happening.

jedberg 3y ago

It's just a nicer way of saying that they left without implying that they died.