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Larger companies like Meta and Amazon will get away with this because salaries are competitive and there is “brand recognition”. Smaller companies following in

Larger companies like Meta and Amazon will get away with this because salaries are competitive and there is “brand recognition”. Smaller companies following in a their footsteps will have a harder time doing so (I hope).

selectodude 3y ago
Grindr has astonishingly high salaries.
- Insanity 3y ago
  Did not know that. I'd say it's not top of mind when people think of "big tech", but that might be my bubble. :)
  - alkibiades 3y ago
    you’d have to compensate me extra to have that name on my resume
    - tuckerman 3y ago
      I’m curious, are there parts of their tech stack or the execution of the product that would embarrass you?
      - rsynnott 3y ago
        The execution of the product maybe should embarrass them. It's gotten better, but it's always been a bit on the flakey side (read a message, and it might dismiss the iOS message indicator, it might not, who can say, for instance). Romeo (formerly GayRomeo), with AFAIK a much smaller team, is far more solid, but only used regionally (these apps tend to be virtually local monopolies, for whatever reason; every country has one or at most two non-niche ones in common use). Mind you, there's a bit of a tradition of this. Gaydar, which was popular in the same space in the pre-smartphone era (it never really made the transition to phones well) always felt a bit held together with duct-tape, and had a particularly unique approach to preventing SQL injection; it simply replaced all single-quotes with backticks...
      - SoftTalker 3y ago
        Maybe it's that "our business is organizing anonymous sex hookups" that is embarrasing? I'd feel the same about Tinder BTW. I think it's one step above having a porn site on your resume. The tech may be interesting, but the content is not "respectable"
        lotsoweiners 3y ago
        LOL. Now I’m just imagining the interview….”yes you could say I have extensive knowledge in this domain”.
        sleepybrett 3y ago
        I mean i've seen resumes with palantir on them, i'd much rather have grinder on my resume than palantir.
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    - throwaway5959 3y ago
      Why’s that?
  - Scoring6931 3y ago
    Well, it's not only big tech that pays high salaries.

selectodude 3y ago

Grindr has astonishingly high salaries.

Insanity 3y ago
Did not know that. I'd say it's not top of mind when people think of "big tech", but that might be my bubble. :)
- alkibiades 3y ago
  you’d have to compensate me extra to have that name on my resume
  - tuckerman 3y ago
    I’m curious, are there parts of their tech stack or the execution of the product that would embarrass you?
    - rsynnott 3y ago
      The execution of the product maybe should embarrass them. It's gotten better, but it's always been a bit on the flakey side (read a message, and it might dismiss the iOS message indicator, it might not, who can say, for instance). Romeo (formerly GayRomeo), with AFAIK a much smaller team, is far more solid, but only used regionally (these apps tend to be virtually local monopolies, for whatever reason; every country has one or at most two non-niche ones in common use). Mind you, there's a bit of a tradition of this. Gaydar, which was popular in the same space in the pre-smartphone era (it never really made the transition to phones well) always felt a bit held together with duct-tape, and had a particularly unique approach to preventing SQL injection; it simply replaced all single-quotes with backticks...
    - SoftTalker 3y ago
      Maybe it's that "our business is organizing anonymous sex hookups" that is embarrasing? I'd feel the same about Tinder BTW. I think it's one step above having a porn site on your resume. The tech may be interesting, but the content is not "respectable"
      - lotsoweiners 3y ago
        LOL. Now I’m just imagining the interview….”yes you could say I have extensive knowledge in this domain”.
      - sleepybrett 3y ago
        I mean i've seen resumes with palantir on them, i'd much rather have grinder on my resume than palantir.
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  - throwaway5959 3y ago
    Why’s that?
- Scoring6931 3y ago
  Well, it's not only big tech that pays high salaries.