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[Kristina Anderson]

It may be becoming more common, but it's a total turnoff to most 
people.  It doesn't seem like good business to limit oneself to hiring 
those under 25 and/or those with alcohol abuse problems, especially for 
a CTO position...?   You're automatically excluding the best talent from 
the search from the get-go, and attracting the sort of employee who 
won't be able to do the work properly, thereby resulting in a poor product.

There's no way a job post like that can yield any "top talent".

On 4/11/2011 4:46 PM, Matt Juszczak wrote:
> Kristina,
>
> In their defense, this kind of agile, work hard, play hard environment 
> is becoming much more common.  One of the largest start-ups I know 
> gladly gives free alcohol to their employees, and yes, they drink 
> during the day. But no is irresponsible, and it's been rated one of 
> the top companies to work for.  Like Nik's company (I assume), they 
> are looking for top talent and wouldn't hire people who are likely to 
> abuse the system.  My guess is (though I don't know Nik) that his 
> company also has an extremely relaxed vacation policy, because it 
> isn't about the time you take, it's about the work you accomplish.
>
> -Matt
>
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Kristina Anderson wrote:
>
>> These are the sorts of job posts that just  make me look forward to
>> switching to a different career... "kegerator" & "beer pong"?
>> I should want to hang out with you outside of work and watch you 
>> drink until
>> you puke while listening to loud rock & roll music?  (From the tone 
>> of the
>> below it seems like you  may be doing this during the workday!)
>>
>> Clearly nobody in this awesome company has yet seen their 25th 
>> birthday...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/11/2011 3:47 PM, Nik Bonaddio wrote:
>>       I'm not a recruiter. Recruiters are lame and have no idea what
>>       they're doing. I know exactly what I'm looking for, so I'm
>>       posting here.
>>
>>       ---
>>
>>       Let's start with the boring stuff up front: We're a small,
>>       agile, well-trafficked startup in the sports analytics space.
>>       We've been covered by TechCrunch, we've been written up in
>>       Sports Illustrated, and now we're going to revolutionize the way
>>       users consume and engage with sports content. Our founders are
>>       ballers, our advisors are even more ballerous, and just wait
>>       until you see our product..
>>
>>       If you're someone who loves sports and also loves building
>>       products, then we're your company. Even if you're not a huge
>>       sports fan, feel free to reach out to us - we're more interested
>>       in someone who knows how to get stuff done. If you're wondering
>>       what kind of people we're like socially, we have a kegerator in
>>       our office and our most played artist on iTunes is Animal
>>       Collective. You should be able to get our jokes and we should be
>>       able to want to hang out with you outside of work.
>>
>>       Our stack is built on PHP and MySQL, but we're considering
>>       moving to Couch or Mongo. What do you suggest? We'd love to
>>       know. We have a world-class designer and front-end developer on
>>       board, we need to find someone who is comfortable on the PHP
>>       backend, taking things from the browser-level all the way down
>>       to the DB. We're not looking for someone who is merely good;
>>       we're looking for great - '85 Bears great. Lemieux in the 91-92
>>       playoffs great. Lemonade and BBQ on a Summer afternoon great.
>>
>>       Skillsets:
>>
>>        o  Excellent PHP skills (should be comfortable building out an
>>           application scalable to 100,000 daily uniques)
>>        o  Knowledgeable of system-wide architecture (setting up
>>           version control, release engineering structs, etc.)
>>        o  Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup setting
>>        o  Familiarity with beer pong and general precepts of social
>>           skill
>>
>>
>>
>>       Nice to have:
>>
>>        o  Familiarity with HTML/CSS/jQuery (not totally necessary as
>>           we already have a world-class designer and front-end)
>>        o  Sports fan (big, big plus - let us know what your favorite
>>           team is)
>>
>>
>>
>>       What we're not:
>>
>>        o  Some huge, boring company where you'll have meetings about
>>           meetings
>>        o  A company that works in a space that you could care less
>>           about
>>        o  A startup that values founder's valuations over the future
>>           gains of the employees
>>        o  A company founded by a bunch of suits who can't code Hello
>>           World in BASIC
>>
>>
>>       Even though we're a startup, this is a salary position. We'll
>>       shell out for the right employee. There is also a TON of equity
>>       involved; you're the third employee and huge part of our future
>>       success - we'll take care of you. You should ideally be in NYC,
>>       but that won't stop us from moving forward with the right
>>       person.
>>
>>       To apply, just send us a resume (please send nik at numberfire.com)
>>       and we'll go from there.
>>
>>
>>
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