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I was summoned to a nondescript industrial building, found my way upstairs and wound up in a grubby room posing as a lobby. I was seated on a low futon and had
by jakedata 3y ago
I was summoned to a nondescript industrial building, found my way upstairs and wound up in a grubby room posing as a lobby. I was seated on a low futon and had several discussions with my knees nearly level with my ears. The conversations were overly casual but with some oddly specific IT security questions. I seriously contemplated walking out of what was clearly an amateurish, shoestring operation.
Nope... I have worked there 20 years so far.
My first job was to evict the former sysadmin, and within the first 90 days I was relocating the whole company, building out the new IT infrastructure.
So in the spirit of the recent post about Charlie Munger killing a lot of pilots I would suggest not judging the company solely by its lobby. Make a list of real deal-breakers and consider overlooking the rest.
- extraduder_ire 3y ago> So in the spirit of the recent post about Charlie Munger killing a lot of pilots Mind linking this? The search box isn't giving me any recent results that look right.
- xprn 3y agoSuppose I Wanted to Kill a Lot of Pilots https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37209309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37209309
- Jugurtha 3y agoIf you ever contemplate a career change, even if never, please consider writing.
- joegahona 3y agoIs the futon still there? If not, work it into the story somehow, near the end.
- m463 3y agoI worked at a place that had a futon, but they got rid of it because if people slept on it, the company would get a reputation for being a sweatshop.