What it's like to work at YouNoodle • Hacker News Board

Re: What it's like to work at YouNoodle

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Post by srn » Wed, Sep 17, 2008, 2:37 AM UTC

rokhayakebe wrote: post #3

The lady is kinda cute. Way to boost productivity.

Their productivity boost is proven by the unquestionable correlation between physical attractiveness and IQ. We all know that software engineers would be working in Hollywood except they get more money from startups.

Re: What it's like to work at YouNoodle

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Post by rjett » Wed, Sep 17, 2008, 4:17 AM UTC

Has anyone else noticed the similarities in all these snaptalent interviews? I understand that snaptalent is trying to provide a quick, entertaining read, but from what I can see, every startup they have profiled is unique because of their entrepreneurial environment, their heated battles on Nintendo Wii, Guitar Hero, or ping-pong, and their love of a nice cold one at the village pub after work. It would be nice to see some more probing questions which would help differentiate each startup they interview.

Re: What it's like to work at YouNoodle

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Post by pxlpshr » Wed, Sep 17, 2008, 1:25 PM UTC

When a tool comes out that pre-maturely analyzes a startup's value, and the office is filled with toys and distractions -- then the only thing left is to wait... wait for it... POP

Re: What it's like to work at YouNoodle

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Post by biohacker42 » Wed, Sep 17, 2008, 2:27 PM UTC

truebosko wrote: post #8

run4yourlives wrote: post #5

That's what I'd want, somebody doing chin-ups next to my desk while I'm struggling with some pesky coding issue. I know I'm not in the in crowd for saying this, but open concept offices suck, no matter how cool they may be. Joel is definitely bang on with this. Hasn't anyone read Peopleware? http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BionicOffice.html

I would hurt myself if I had to work behind a wall. At my office, it's open concept. I'm the only guy doing anything remotely related to tech work (Other staff are sales, shipping, products, etc) and it's nice to not only be able to sit back and talk a bit when you need a break but also to know what's going on in the company from others perspective. In my opinion, an open office especially in a smaller environment ke…

That may work if you're the tech guy at a non tech company, and your work comes in short spurts.

But if you're a coder, essentially dong applied math for 8 hours a day, piece and quiet make a big difference.

Re: What it's like to work at YouNoodle

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Post by Joseph11234 » Wed, Sep 17, 2008, 4:54 PM UTC

who's that pretty girl? she must be the queen of silicon valley