Is this what it’s supposed to feel like?

Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by spamizbad on Friday April 26, 2013 @02:32PM (#5614606)

Totally agree. Even though I'm a mac user, PC-hostile attitude is a total red flag for me. My experience has been that more Mac-heavy shops tend to be somewhat weaker on the *nix side, primarily because they overlook people with strong Linux chops. If they genuinely know their stuff, PC/Linux people can help you get more mileage out of your infrastructure... which sounds like something 42floors needs at the moment.

There was a story of a failed startup on HN a month or so ago that had a co-founder who stated (jokingly) that they'd no-hire engineers who used Linux as their primary OS. They ultimately folded in part because of technical issues with their infrastructure.

In that respect, it wouldn't surprise me if there's a real correlation between crummy sysops and PC-hostileness in startups.

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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by cheald on Friday April 26, 2013 @03:52PM (#5615046)

> There was a story of a failed startup on HN a month or so ago that had a co-founder who stated (jokingly) that they'd no-hire engineers who used Linux as their primary OS

This blows my mind. I'd think that would be a prime quality, since you're almost certainly going to be deploying on Linux platforms. Intimate knowledge of your production platform is invaluable.

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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by UK-AL on Friday April 26, 2013 @07:10PM (#5616033)

That's odd. Being familiar with a Mac system would normally make you better with Linux considering the terminal is similar.

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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by spamizbad on Friday April 26, 2013 @07:49PM (#5616160)

Keep in mind "PC" in this context would probably indicate Linux just as easily as Windows - these are startup developers we're talking about.

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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by UK-AL on Friday April 26, 2013 @08:03PM (#5616206)

That's what I'm saying. Mac users tend to be familiar with linux automatically. I don't think Mac users would be anti-linux.

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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by Evbn on Sunday April 28, 2013 @11:04PM (#5623862)

I would no-hire anyone with the poor judgment and prioritization skills to use Linux on a laptop.

I even had Linux on a laptop, around 2000

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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by jaz on Saturday April 27, 2013 @02:47PM (#5618681)

Do you have a link to that story? I'd be very interested in reading it.

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