Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School, and Unbeatable

Re:Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School, and Unbeatable by brilliantcode on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @07:01PM (#13648521)

Founder: The paradigm has shifted. 5kb HTML pages are no longer disruptive enough, we need more javascript for a-

VC: Shut up and light this bag of cash on fire. Focus on number of non-paying users and make sure it's big enough so I can introduce you to more people with bigger pile of cash to light on fire.

Craigslist Post: We are hiring front-end React.js developers with 10+ year experience.

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Re:Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School, and Unbeatable by WWLink on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @10:31AM (#13652653)

HR: We hire the best of the best! Are you a passionate code ninja that lives and breathes code?! Show us your github and bitbucket profiles and enter the Craigslist Hackathon today! We promise we'll consider you.. and then go whine on HN about how hard it is to find a truly qualified candidate.

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Re:Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School, and Unbeatable by brilliantcode on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @02:26PM (#13654658)

HR: Oh we are sorry but it seems like you aren't having enough "fun" by committing your waking hours contributing to open source projects for absolutely no financial compensation. We want people who love coding so much they do it after work and on the weekends. We are willing to pay below market average for said rock stars.

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Re:Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School, and Unbeatable by 20years on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @07:48PM (#13648775)

Haha! Sadly, I have seen CL posts like that. 5+ years experience for frameworks that have only been around for 1 to 2 years.

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Re:Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School, and Unbeatable by ianai on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @03:18AM (#13650516)

Is the VC culture really like that? Their incentives leading away from profitable simplicity?

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