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Regarding the author's company, HappyFunCorp, perhaps they should do a little bit more moderation on their site if they're really trying to hire. They have a se

by jere 14y ago

Regarding the author's company, HappyFunCorp, perhaps they should do a little bit more moderation on their site if they're really trying to hire. They have a section of their site called "happy thoughts" where anyone can submit text. Here are a few gems: >when one black guy does something and then other black guys go "OH DAMMMMNNNNN" >blowing my load in someone's mouth >jiggly breasts

rrouse 14y ago
I got: "Watching each of the drown"
zem 14y ago
i would hope that a tech-savvy person in 2012 wouldn't lend any weight to stuff random strangers left on a graffiti board when deciding whether a company is a good place to work at.
- eropple 14y ago
  I wouldn't work at a company that thought a "graffiti board" was a good thing to have on their corporate website.
- jere 14y ago
  If it was a comment section I wouldn't care but each submission is highlighted individually.
combray 14y ago
Couple of points (I'm a cofounder of happyfuncorp) The box is for happy thoughts. Most people find sex a pretty pleasant topic, even if occasionally juvenile. We filter out hateful or racist things. (I.e. those aren't happy things.) We also filter out the random letters, though I like to leave in the JavaScript injection attempts. Jon writes on behalf of himself for techcrunch. As I'm sure you realize, we aren't interested in "locking things down". We are always looking for good people, as is everyone else. The level of skills and capabilities out there is much lower than the demand, and given how much money is involved it is pretty surprising that we aren't, as a society, as the globalized interconnected species we are, training more people to develop the skills. Especially when the tools are so in reach and you don't need formalized training or get licensed or whatever. We hire between 2-4 people a month, whenever we find a good fit. We are especially looking for team leads and technical project managers, but if you are good then we find a way to make it work. Engineers who can communicate and lead are the limiting resource. And if you don't think that "jiggly breasts" qualifies as a "happy thought" on a corporate homepage then it's probably not a good match...

by jere 14y ago

rrouse 14y ago

I got: "Watching each of the drown"

zem 14y ago

i would hope that a tech-savvy person in 2012 wouldn't lend any weight to stuff random strangers left on a graffiti board when deciding whether a company is a good place to work at.

eropple 14y ago
I wouldn't work at a company that thought a "graffiti board" was a good thing to have on their corporate website.
jere 14y ago
If it was a comment section I wouldn't care but each submission is highlighted individually.

combray 14y ago

Couple of points (I'm a cofounder of happyfuncorp) The box is for happy thoughts. Most people find sex a pretty pleasant topic, even if occasionally juvenile. We filter out hateful or racist things. (I.e. those aren't happy things.) We also filter out the random letters, though I like to leave in the JavaScript injection attempts. Jon writes on behalf of himself for techcrunch. As I'm sure you realize, we aren't interested in "locking things down". We are always looking for good people, as is everyone else. The level of skills and capabilities out there is much lower than the demand, and given how much money is involved it is pretty surprising that we aren't, as a society, as the globalized interconnected species we are, training more people to develop the skills. Especially when the tools are so in reach and you don't need formalized training or get licensed or whatever. We hire between 2-4 people a month, whenever we find a good fit. We are especially looking for team leads and technical project managers, but if you are good then we find a way to make it work. Engineers who can communicate and lead are the limiting resource. And if you don't think that "jiggly breasts" qualifies as a "happy thought" on a corporate homepage then it's probably not a good match...