...yep. Culture is everything when building a team. If you can't create a culture that makes people love working for you, you'll never survive. I'm not interested in creating a culture that works for everyone, I'm interested in creating a culture that works specifically for the key people I need. It's not a job for everyone, and I'll never describe it as such.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Matt Juszczak <m...@atopia.net> 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 n...@numberfire.com) >> and we'll go from there. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs >> >> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online >> http://www.nyphpcon.com >> >> Show Your Participation in New York PHP >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >
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