Only the Dopest Need Apply
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Only the Dopest Need Apply
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#2>I’ll be honest, my first response when I read this ad was despair. Despair at what the tech industry has become, despair at the endless struggle against hype and BS,
It's always been this way. You're just looking from outside in now.
>despair that tech will ever be a welcoming place for different kinds of people. Because the subtext of this job description is unmistakable: “we have poor, inexperienced managers, and you are only welcome here if you are like us.”
What's wrong with wanting to work with like-minded people? Was Redfin any different when it was a three man shop?
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#3I do not see anything wrong with that. Some companies work hard to keep a simple and fun work culture. Not all companies solve hard problems. Some of the entertainment focused tech companies cannot attract right talent by putting a serious face.
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#4I do not see anything wrong with that. Some companies work hard to keep a simple and fun work culture. Not all companies solve hard problems. Some of the entertainment focused tech companies cannot attract right talent by putting a serious face.
They might be able to attract better talent if they can write English properly in their recruitment materials, though.
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#5I do not see anything wrong with that. Some companies work hard to keep a simple and fun work culture. Not all companies solve hard problems. Some of the entertainment focused tech companies cannot attract right talent by putting a serious face.
They might be able to attract better talent if they can write English properly in their recruitment materials, though.
They might have problem retaining that talent if they misrepresent themselves.
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#6The OP is making a mountain out of a molehill here. The ad is mildly cringey but not that bad. He's reading into it far too deeply. Surely there are more significant things in the world to dedicate Medium articles to?
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#7Every cringeworthy, try-hard job listing does not call for a cringeworthy, try-hard medium post.
Keep scrolling. Karma has a way of sorting these things out.