Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment when interviewing?

Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by st3v3r on Thursday April 07, 2016 @08:05PM (#11451680)

Is it really? If the fields are that small, wouldn't other people know what kind of an ass that boss is, too?

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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by bpchaps on Thursday April 07, 2016 @09:31PM (#11452014)

I'm not looking in the same field anymore, so.. Yes. Really. :)

But yes, other people did know what type of boss he was. The last recruiter I worked with said, "You worked for X? That guy was fucking mental..."

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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by bigiain on Thursday April 07, 2016 @10:26PM (#11452219)

Ahh, OK - if you're in a field so small that everybody knows everybody, it's somewhat different to the "Can you spell Javascript? Great, how does $140k and a BMW as a signing bonus sound? We're building Uber-but-for-seahorses!" scenario :-)

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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by metasean on Friday April 08, 2016 @01:31PM (#11456350)

I not only know how to spell JavaScript, I also know that the 's' has been capitalized since Sun and Netscape first announced it, and I can even do magical, wizardly things with it! Where do I sign up for '$140k and a BMW as a signing bonus'?

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