NYCPHP Meetup

[Matt Juszczak]

Kristina,

You and I are almost always on the same page, but here I have to disagree 
with you.

Please read this article:

http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/13420/Startup-Culture-Lessons-From-Mad-Men.aspx

I assure you... that company has some of the best talent working for it in 
the area.

-Matt

On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Kristina Anderson wrote:

> 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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