LukeG

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by LukeG 17y ago
I'm with you, and we're definitely looking for a way to make this happen.
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by LukeG 17y ago
Forget "ideas." We have working, proven software and a platform for extending it. We have hard won domain knowledge and battle-tested business processes that deliver. We have a pipeline of revenue-producing products that we can't get to bec
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by LukeG 17y ago
Why would we do something like that?
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by LukeG 17y ago
Right. We would all be extremely disappointed if their work brought in just $40K in the next year. We have more paying work than we can get to at this point, and we're confident that we can do well for everyone with this arrangement.
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by LukeG 17y ago
It's necessity, not preference. We just can't pay a normal, livable salary for the summer.
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by LukeG 17y ago
Looking at it as a platform is interesting - we could end up paying more, and are in no way adverse to discussing it. We could also use the help and think it's a pretty sweet opportunity for the right folks, and I don't see the "shouldn't h
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by LukeG 17y ago
Ha it's an internship . It's also the only internship I've ever heard of that will give the interns an actual revenue share. We've spent eighteen months building the software, domain knowledge and business processes that they'll get to lev
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by LukeG 17y ago
why?
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by LukeG 17y ago
It sounds like a labored metaphor that's way off base. We're not secretive; our software is already built, live and proven; we'll absolutely tell everyone who will listen about the folks who work with us; it's an internship , man.
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by LukeG 17y ago
'appreciate that. We think it'll be a sweet experience for the right folks.
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by LukeG 17y ago
The hard part and the fun part. Fortunately, we've been building online recruiting software for almost a year and half, so we've got just a little bit of a foundation to work from. What number do you think is fair?
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by LukeG 17y ago
I should have said at least 10%. We'll talk with whoever's interested, take a look at projected cash flows, and find the right number for everyone. Everything is always up for discussion. As tptacek points out below, many internships are
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by LukeG 17y ago
[In what way is this worse than offering an unpaid summer internship, which seem to proliferate everywhere (especially in an economy like this)?] There are a number of white label job board solutions out there. I think ours delivers a far s
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by LukeG 17y ago
You could be right, but I suspect the groups of people that enjoy building software and doing affiliate marketing have a relatively small area of overlap.
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by LukeG 17y ago
You're right that it's not the right opportunity for everyone. For people with a little more flexibility (or who are already in the Bay Area) and want a more entrepreneurial summer experience that coding for a big software company, we think
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Hackers: Intern for the Summer, Get Paid for a Year(jobalchemist.com)
27 points by LukeG 17y ago|60 comments
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by LukeG 17y ago
You see Nick Carr's response? http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2009/04/the_big_company.ph...
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by LukeG 17y ago
I'll post about it next week. Basically, many employers suck at communicating with potential hires. A large part of this may be because they don't really know what candidates are looking for.
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by LukeG 17y ago
cool. thanks for porting it over, too.
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by LukeG 17y ago
nice. hopefully we can get some significant volume with this one.
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by LukeG 17y ago
I'm with you and Matt King (for the most part), but there can be distinctions - physical environment, team skill, etc. The two are communicated differently, too.
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by LukeG 17y ago
Right - hopefully the total vote volumes here end up as a decent proxy. We'll get more sophisticated with this later.
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by LukeG 17y ago
health care & benefits
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by LukeG 17y ago
challenging work
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by LukeG 17y ago
responsibility & impact
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Poll: What matters most when considering a job?
26 points by LukeG 17y ago|45 comments
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by LukeG 17y ago
compensation
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by LukeG 17y ago
environment/atmosphere
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by LukeG 17y ago
the product itself
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by LukeG 17y ago
technology & tools (languages, frameworks, etc)

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