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Re: Penny Arcade web dev / sysadmin job posting

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Post by downer96 » 

  We need someone young, naive, with stars in their eyes 
  going gaga over internet fame about a website they'll 
  never have any creative input on, unless they swear a 
  blood oath to never take credit for an idea that already 
  aligns with our PG rated middle school sense of humor.

Re: Penny Arcade web dev / sysadmin job posting

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Post by Goladus »

zorpner wrote: post #15
mattdeboard wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I'm very familiar with PA and a big fan of the strip. Less interested in the auxiliary work though. I get what you're saying and you're probably right, but it seems almost malicious to take advantage of someone's fanaticism so boldly.

It's absolutely malicious, and what's more, they already know that: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/1/25

It's not "malicious", what a silly word to use. It's just business.

Re: Penny Arcade web dev / sysadmin job posting

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Post by htilford »

zorpner wrote: post #15
mattdeboard wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I'm very familiar with PA and a big fan of the strip. Less interested in the auxiliary work though. I get what you're saying and you're probably right, but it seems almost malicious to take advantage of someone's fanaticism so boldly.

It's absolutely malicious, and what's more, they already know that: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/1/25

I'm reminded more about their actual reality show that ended with a job http://penny-arcade.com/strip-search/

Re: Penny Arcade web dev / sysadmin job posting

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Post by mattdeboard »

fishtoaster wrote: post #8

I feel like I'm supposed to find this funny or angering (given the context of being posted on HN), but I'm not really sure why I would be. They're being up front about the demands they'll put on an employee, and they think they can find someone who will do it. More power to them. Any developer willing to relocate to seattle and meeting those requirements should have no trouble getting a higher-paying or easier job, s…

I assumed it was posted because whoever posted it thought some people here would be interested enough to apply. If it was posted as angst bait, well, whoops,I fell for it.

Re: Penny Arcade web dev / sysadmin job posting

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Post by scrabble »

zorpner wrote: post #15
mattdeboard wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I'm very familiar with PA and a big fan of the strip. Less interested in the auxiliary work though. I get what you're saying and you're probably right, but it seems almost malicious to take advantage of someone's fanaticism so boldly.

It's absolutely malicious, and what's more, they already know that: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/1/25

So the tester got to be in the beta for Soylent?

Re: Penny Arcade web dev / sysadmin job posting

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Post by patio11 »

The video game industry is generally much less explicit about the fact that they are structurally dependent on exploiting enthusiasts to work for them for below-market wages until they are burned out and replaced by younger, cheaper enthusiasts. So props for transparency.

Career advice: Like video games? So do I. Buy them. They're cheap at programmer salaries and will, when used as directed, very rarely ruin your life. The same cannot be said of burnout-inducing jobs.

n.b. Structural realities of the video game industry are common knowledge but you can take a grizzled old hand -- say, a 30 year old engineer -- out for coffee if you want to hear about what a typical development cycle looks like at a company you love.

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patio11 wrote: post #28

The video game industry is generally much less explicit about the fact that they are structurally dependent on exploiting enthusiasts to work for them for below-market wages until they are burned out and replaced by younger, cheaper enthusiasts. So props for transparency. Career advice: Like video games? So do I. Buy them. They're cheap at programmer salaries and will, when used as directed, very rarely ruin your lif…

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