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I agree he was obnoxious in his email, but the "We’ll take care of you ... trust me" response doesn't inspire a ton of confidence, sorry. Surely this is what s
by abstractbill 18y ago
I agree he was obnoxious in his email, but the "We’ll take care of you ... trust me" response doesn't inspire a ton of confidence, sorry.
Surely this is what stock options are for?
- davidw 18y agoI was going to say the same thing. "We'll take care of you" is simply not a promise that startups can make. You might work your ass for them for a year at a below market salary, only to see the whole thing tank.
- HansF 18y agoTrue, or to be laid off if you're considered 'too greedy'. Let's not forget your employers had this great idea and you should be happy to be honoured to contribute to that great idea. After all, you're jut a code monkey.
- mrtron 18y agoNever trust someone saying that.
- IsaacSchlueter 18y agoI trust what gets put in writing and signed. Contracts exist so that we can trust each other.
- auston 18y agoThat is absolutely correct.
- helveticaman 18y agoI was thinking the same thing. First off, whenever someone says "trust me," as a rule of thumb, don't. His advice sounds really self-serving. Trustworthy people are always open to committing in writing or in ways that don't require so much trust. Now, the dude who wrote the cover letter doesn't seem all that stupid to me. Sure, the writing isn't great, but for all you know English is his second language. I'm not so sure about his hacking skills, though (CSS?). I'd still interview him.
- brianmckenzie 18y agoYou might be surprised how hard is to find a true CSS expert. He may be exaggerating its difficulty compared to other languages though.
- helveticaman 18y agoI had no idea. I'm happy I wasn't declarative.
- potatolicious 18y agoCSS is very difficult in the sense that implementations vary so wildly, and browsers demonstrate random bugs where you least expect it. Oodles of experience counts for a lot.
- IsaacSchlueter 18y agoCSS is a pretty badly designed language, and the implementations are terrible. It's hard to find people who really grok it on a deep level, and also have enough real-world experience to deal with the quirks on a regular basis.
- coliveira 18y agoIf they treat candidates like that, imagine what they do to employees.
- sherl0ck 18y agoThe line of "We’ll take care of you ... trust me", it remind me of some mafia movie, "give me the money, and I'll take care of you"