Re:N Reduce opens up as alternative to ultra-elite startup i...
by zeemonkee on Monday May 14, 2012 @10:15PM
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> it's not weird to see grown men (and brilliant devs) run around the office and shoot nerf guns at each other
1999 called, it wants its startup cliches back.
Re:N Reduce opens up as alternative to ultra-elite startup i...
by railsjedi on Monday May 14, 2012 @11:13PM
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Well, I was in high school in 1999. Very sad to have missed the previous generation of nerf time fun.
Re:N Reduce opens up as alternative to ultra-elite startup i...
by Arelius on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @02:53AM
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The thing about a weird sense of humor is it's likely not the same weird sense of humor any particular other person is likely to have. The problem with "ninja" developer and the like is by now it's starting to get played out, even among more serious advertisement such as job postings. At least some of the best devs you work with in SF (I know some I work with... in SF) are long since tired with the whole ninja, zombie meme.
Maybe I live in a bubble (downtown SF), but it seems the best devs I've ever worked with on open source and consulting project tend to have a pretty weird (maybe immature) sense of humor. In most early stage startup offices here, it's not weird to see grown men (and brilliant devs) run around the office and shoot nerf guns at each other.