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Re: Ask HN: What's the most unique job perk you've had?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

i had a line of fancy mice for a while there, I'd borrow pretty calico studs from their stock on occasion. I think i actually gave them more than I took, all told. everybody working there seemed to have a "you have a problem" grade pet habit. I didn't even have hardly any snakes or anything then.

Apologies. Took me a while. Actual mice. Not computer mice. Nice.-

Tough crowd tonite ...

Re: Ask HN: What's the most unique job perk you've had?

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A couple of years ago i resigned from my company, the boss proposed me a big salary raise and company car, also added a Chihuahua on top of it (really), he also told that he could afford base expenses like vet. At the end i left the job, but i'm wondering if i have done the good thing...

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I used to do specialty Android training for a gov led initiative. I had to go to basically a different polytechnic every week.

I brought my wife and then 4 year old daughter to what was basically a two month, all expenses paid road trip throughout half the country. We got some of the best food from each state, and the teachers I trained made sure we didn't end up in tourist traps. My wife and I probably gained about 10 kg by the end of those two months.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most unique job perk you've had?

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Congrats on being the blatantly clear winner of this thread and for forcing me to consider what I would/could do with an infinite supply of mice. Curious to know how many mice you availed of during your time?

i had a line of fancy mice for a while there, I'd borrow pretty calico studs from their stock on occasion. I think i actually gave them more than I took, all told. everybody working there seemed to have a "you have a problem" grade pet habit. I didn't even have hardly any snakes or anything then.

This is just for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWMsWXUljIg

Re: Ask HN: What's the most unique job perk you've had?

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Working at Microsoft in the late 1990s with the creators of MS-DOS, Turbo Pascal/Delphi/Typescript/C#, and Visual Basic was unique and definitely the best perk imaginable.

I dropped out of school ambitions to be an architect, because I said there is only room for one Frank Lloyd/Gehry... I wont be working at that level...

Went into computers instead - fell back on architecture+tech...

Worked on big project and had to fly to a meeting in LA to meet with the Architect... Frank Gehry.

(I used to be on the same pee schedule as Andy Grove (we never spoke))

Re: Ask HN: What's the most unique job perk you've had?

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post #15

Working at Microsoft in the late 1990s with the creators of MS-DOS, Turbo Pascal/Delphi/Typescript/C#, and Visual Basic was unique and definitely the best perk imaginable.

I dropped out of school ambitions to be an architect, because I said there is only room for one Frank Lloyd/Gehry... I wont be working at that level... Went into computers instead - fell back on architecture+tech... Worked on big project and had to fly to a meeting in LA to meet with the Architect... Frank Gehry. (I used to be on the same pee schedule as Andy Grove (we never spoke))

LOVE those stories

Re: Ask HN: What's the most unique job perk you've had?

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One of my first jobs out of college was an e-commerce team lead for a luxury apparel retailer. We had access to all kinds of 80-90% sales before customers did, and lots of bonuses were paid as gift cards, so before long I was dressed head to toe in D&G, casually wore Santoni shoes, my only suit (that I worn maybe once) was Brioni. I always kinda despised "expensive clothes" but with time I learned to appreciate that some of it is very unique and/or of outstanding quality. These days I prefer Uniqlo, but still have a few items left from before, which had been serving me well for almost 20 years now.
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