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Well you saw more than me, all i get to see is "Service Temporarily Unavailable". That's a pretty sensitive area for startups, besides. Stars like Joel say offi
by lnanek2 13y ago
Well you saw more than me, all i get to see is "Service Temporarily Unavailable". That's a pretty sensitive area for startups, besides. Stars like Joel say offices and quiet are worth the costs many times over, but startups are usually too cash starved and self punishing to actually do it. One startup I was at for a while, Noom, even lied and checked the boxes on the Joel test in job ads for quiet working environment being a huge priority when in actuality everyone was stuffed back to back in open rooms and noisy as heck. The CTO said it was fine to lie as long as interviewees saw the reality once they got there and that fewer people would apply if they told the truth, ha.
- rdl 13y agoMy ideal office remains something like Pioneer Way in MV where you can get a 20-30k sf dedicated standalone building for $1/mo NNN, and then have 4 parking spots per 1000 feet in a gated lot. If you put 25-75 people in a place like that, you could have a lot of dedicated function areas (various labs, datacenter, kitchen, presentation/theater, etc.), meeting areas, open work areas, and private offices. Throw in subscribing to bauer employee bus services for the minority without cars, and having on-site quality food (or walking 10 minutes to Castro St), and it'd be pretty ideal. Dealing with Mountain View rather than SF government is a big win, too. Downside would be "crappy view".