YC startup offers interviews to people who get their name permanently tattooed

Thought this was interesting. Clever recruitment tactic or too much?

linkedin.com/posts/jordan-zietz_7-people-left-our-yc-afterparty-with-permanent-activity-7487979543744614401-IFU-

How uninventive. The debased payoff is an interview for the desperate. Selection effects are terrible for both parties. Personally I find this marketing as distasteful as Monster.

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  7 people left our YC afterparty with permanent tattoos.

  We hosted a YC Startup School afterparty at the LemonLime office to meet exceptional people, and find out which of them are just as crazy as we are.

  That’s why we brought an actual tattoo artist to our party and offered an instant interview to anyone who got a LemonLime tattoo.

  We are bold, we take risks, and we do things that haven’t been done before. Being committed to our mission is paramount. Pre-requisites for building the future.

  If you’re reaching out to us to apply for a job, you might want to take notes.

What did Monster do? I'm not familiar with the lore.

I don’t think it’s necessarily a red flag for the person getting the tattoo but it is for the company.

I have a few tattoos. All of them I mulled over for >1yr before I went through with it. I definitely wouldn’t do this. There’s others I know who are coated in them and getting another isn’t a big deal, just a bit of fun.

Some people in related threads are getting moralistic on those receiving. There are people who don’t value the space on their skin like others and it’s not a big deal or even, a fun story.

Regardless I disagree on the above that this isn’t inventive. I haven’t heard of this and there’s posts popping up talking about this company. I wouldn’t want to work for them but there’s clearly some that would. It seems like it worked for them.

Imagine you pass the interview and should work with these people.

1. Your life belongs to them

2. You must prioritize company over everything (according to their wishes), for exchange of 0.000001% of company shares which can get diluted anytime

3. New Chief Marketing decides to rebrand and your tattoo and part of your body belongs to trash history (who knows maybe they will require you to get new tattoo)