Re:Hehe - Xobni recruiting video
by mynameishere on Monday October 01, 2007 @07:10PM
(#61798)
There's nothing I hate more than when my company wants me to pose for a brochure photo or website photo etc. Maybe I'm a "bad employee", but like most devs, I'm just an introvert naturally. However good or bad the video was, there are lots of people who would never want to participate in such silly things, irrespective of the technical sympathy that might exist between themselves and the company.
Re:Hehe - Xobni recruiting video
by gduffy on Monday October 01, 2007 @07:53PM
(#61828)
On the contrary, I am emotionally scarred by (my own) sad attempt at rapping. :)
I want to start my recovery by issuing a formal apology to the Cocoa Brovaz.
But really, as someone who generally tends towards introversion, I guarantee swift, painful justice for the first person to try labeling someone "not a team player" just because they aren't into stuff like this.
However, it is important that they can laugh things off.
Re:Hehe - Xobni recruiting video
by indie01 on Monday October 01, 2007 @11:11PM
(#61914)
"Our developer workstations boast 386 Mhz . . . and industry-leading green text graphics. .."
This is classic! You people are hilarious. I'm still trying to figure out what that was . . . did one of the dudes have a bottle of maple syrup hung around his neck (?) and another one fuzzy dice . . . walking down the sidewalk during the rap music scene? Awesome.
Re:Hehe - Xobni recruiting video
by brezina on Tuesday October 02, 2007 @12:21AM
(#61944)
yeah, sorry about that. we use to pronounce it with a long o, but most people would pronounce it 'zahbnee' so we changed the pronunciation. However, we didn't want to change our little mascot dude or the logo. Even in a 1 1/2 year old startup we have legacy. weird.
Re:Hehe - Xobni recruiting video
by mhartl on Tuesday October 02, 2007 @01:33PM
(#62103)
Thanks for the clarification.
At RailsConf 2007, David Heinemeier Hansson started a sentence with something like "If you have---I can't believe I'm saying this---a legacy Rails app..."
Re:Hehe - Xobni recruiting video
by ardit33 on Monday October 01, 2007 @07:19PM
(#61803)
I agree with you, it wasn't constructive feedback, so I removed that sentence.
Still, either that video is of bad taste, or I am lacking some sense of humor. I can't say it is motivating at all.
Re:Hehe - Xobni recruiting video
by jamiequint on Monday October 01, 2007 @07:26PM
(#61808)
I thought it was funny, but maybe thats something they are just filtering for. After all, its more enjoyable to work with people you have fun with (and share a sense of humor with).
Re:Hehe - Xobni recruiting video
by nextmoveone on Monday October 01, 2007 @07:54PM
(#61829)
Das ist sehr gut Gabor. Ich bin eine stinke arschloch vom Peru! Deutscher ist das beste. Meine freundin wurde geboren im Berlin. Ausgenommen, meine deutsche ist scheisse!
Y yo hablo espanol tambien. Porque yo soy Peruano, mi espanol es mejor que mi alleman.
I want to start my recovery by issuing a formal apology to the Cocoa Brovaz.
But really, as someone who generally tends towards introversion, I guarantee swift, painful justice for the first person to try labeling someone "not a team player" just because they aren't into stuff like this.
However, it is important that they can laugh things off.
At least for me, it was fun to loosen up a bit.
At RailsConf 2007, David Heinemeier Hansson started a sentence with something like "If you have---I can't believe I'm saying this---a legacy Rails app..."
Maybe, you will find somebody with similiar sense of humor you guys have, but what the heck?
Looks kinda: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1759736
I'm sure that was part of the point. A recruiting video this unusual both recruits and filters.
If you don't want real feedback (even negative) than don't post something like that public.
Thats not exactly constructive feedback you've got there. Next time at least spell it right -> "douchebag"
Y yo hablo espanol tambien. Porque yo soy Peruano, mi espanol es mejor que mi alleman.
I speak english as well.
Blip videos look so niiiice