Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted

Re:Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted by beamatronic on Monday May 09, 2016 @12:22PM (#11660983)

I applaud you for taking the initiative to continuously improve the system you're responsible for. These kind of values seem to be hard to find these days.

Serious question, do you also enjoy working on/tinkering with old cars?

I have a few data points where I've found that people who do enjoy working on/messing with cars are also the same kind of people who do what you do. If this is true, it's something you can look for in interviews.

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Re:Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted by drostie on Monday May 09, 2016 @12:29PM (#11661046)

I would love to work on old cars if I were not living paycheck-to-paycheck. However if I had the free money, well before I started tinkering with old cars, I would probably start scheduling vacations in eastern Africa. I'm not sure what exactly I'd be doing there, but I figure someone's got to have wiring issues or plumbing problems or a broken tractor or something -- anything that I could put my Applied Physics degree towards.

Right now I've got a tutoring side-job; that's basically similar. My work boils down to the fact that I like people and I try to help them with whatever skills I've got.

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Re:Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted by jpm_sd on Monday May 09, 2016 @01:48PM (#11661677)

Off-topic, but you would probably enjoy volunteering for Engineers Without Borders (http://www.ewb-usa.org/).

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Re:Zenefits Was the Perfect Startup, Then It Self-Disrupted by drostie on Monday May 09, 2016 @03:20PM (#11662387)

Thanks for the reference! Sounds like it'd be really fun.

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