Waymo’s Hiring Binge

kamikaz1k wrote: post #3

erhserhdfd wrote: post #2

Anyone have a copy of this not behind a paywall?

Outline says there isn't much... https://outline.com/3MyKkw

because it's just grabbing the first three paragraphs that anyone can see before the paywall...

Re: Waymo’s Hiring Binge

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Post by mdszy » Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 10:34 PM UTC

>Waymonauts

Weird-ass names for employees of a company is one of the weirdest "WE HAVE TO TRY HARD TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE CULTURE" things ever, honestly.

Re: Waymo’s Hiring Binge

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 10:35 PM UTC

kamikaz1k wrote: post #3

erhserhdfd wrote: post #2

Anyone have a copy of this not behind a paywall?

Outline says there isn't much... https://outline.com/3MyKkw

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Re: Waymo’s Hiring Binge

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 10:38 PM UTC

mdszy wrote: post #5

>Waymonauts Weird-ass names for employees of a company is one of the weirdest "WE HAVE TO TRY HARD TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE CULTURE" things ever, honestly.

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Re: Waymo’s Hiring Binge

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Post by CydeWeys » Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 10:38 PM UTC

mdszy wrote: post #5

>Waymonauts Weird-ass names for employees of a company is one of the weirdest "WE HAVE TO TRY HARD TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE CULTURE" things ever, honestly.

Or it's just convenient to have a shorthand for people working at a particular place, and as long as you're doing that, may as well have fun with it. The obvious "Waymoers" doesn't exactly work anyway.

Re: Waymo’s Hiring Binge

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Post by zelly » Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 10:40 PM UTC

mdszy wrote: post #5

>Waymonauts Weird-ass names for employees of a company is one of the weirdest "WE HAVE TO TRY HARD TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE CULTURE" things ever, honestly.

Credit Karma also apparently calls its employees "Karmanauts". Heavy duty cringe.

Re: Waymo’s Hiring Binge

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Post by tudelo » Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 10:41 PM UTC

zelly wrote: post #9

mdszy wrote: post #5

>Waymonauts Weird-ass names for employees of a company is one of the weirdest "WE HAVE TO TRY HARD TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE CULTURE" things ever, honestly.

Credit Karma also apparently calls its employees "Karmanauts". Heavy duty cringe.

also, noogler and n00b are some fun ones