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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    07/29/09

    In reply to Meet San Francisco's 'Naked' Hippie Internet Startup
    I'm afraid to ask where naked hippie programmers keep their pocket protector of pens
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    07/29/09

    @MincinglyWhoredL'mer: Fanny packs. They're back in style, you know, at least among naked, pen-needing, cultists.
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    07/29/09

    @Hydroceph: nothing sets off a fabby, untanned programmer's ass like a fanny pack
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    07/29/09

    In reply to Meet San Francisco's 'Naked' Hippie Internet Startup
    I'm sorta thinking a lot of these ideas won't scale well. As long as their goal is to stay small, then whatever.

    Shine on, crazy diamonds.
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    Image of Dr. Nick Dr. Nick
    07/29/09

    In reply to Meet San Francisco's 'Naked' Hippie Internet Startup
    so who brings the B people?
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    07/29/09

    @Dr. Nick: Management consultants.
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    07/29/09

    In reply to Meet San Francisco's 'Naked' Hippie Internet Startup
    That work-a-month-for-free thing is illegal. Workers could sue for payment. Which they would probably do, if they don't make the cut. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Not to mention, obnoxious.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    07/29/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: I think they can do that if it is considered training. There are some jobs where you actually have to pay to go through training run by the employer before you can get hired.
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    07/29/09

    @Lymed: True, but you have to get paid for the training.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    07/29/09

    In reply to Meet San Francisco's 'Naked' Hippie Internet Startup
    The consensus hiring reminds me of a story a professor told of an employer sued for discrimination when the entire staff was asked if they prefer to fire the staff member with AIDS or have their health premiums increase because a staff member has AIDS and they voted to fire. How many years until their stupid consensus violates some discrimination law?
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    Image of dantsea dantsea
    07/29/09

    @Lymed: More than likely the candidate has already been vetted and approved by two or three heavy hitters in the organization before being allowed to audition for the job, so they're as good as hired. In the rare event consensus is "no", either the top pig (ref. Animal Farm) breaks morale and image by telling everyone their vote is merely advisory, or HR comes up with something legally passable. It's been done for decades.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    07/29/09

    @dantsea: It's not that different from tenure, honestly. Those who have it vote on those who don't. A month is probably not long enough to determine whether or not someone's an asshole or incompetent, though. Anyone but the most dangerously psychotic can hold it together for a month.
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    Image of goetz goetz
    07/29/09

    In reply to Meet San Francisco's 'Naked' Hippie Internet Startup
    Yes, but what does Virgance have to await me when I die?
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    07/29/09

    @goetz: In many cultures, they're buried with lots of young virgance.

    You know, for the afterlife!
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