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Re:Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what ... by UK-AL on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @11:00AM (#8923620)
You'd think developers would be good with numbers. But put $ signs in front of those numbers, and suddenly they're not very good. Trading away hard cash for gimmicks, and a tiny amount of equity in early stage startups.
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Re:Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what ... by kordless on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @11:02AM (#8923635)
Did I mention we have free lunch AND dinner brought in each day?
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Re:Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what ... by eternalban on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @11:30AM (#8923796)
A strong desire to keep geeks infantile.

Can you imagine pitching this sort of 'perks' to professionals in science, medicine, or engineering?

[follow up from another HN link ;)]:

"... to provide for their care and feeding. It is probably no accident that the relationship between dogs and their owners mirrors the attachment relationship between parents and their children, behaviorally and physiologically."

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Re:Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what ... by avinassh on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @11:14AM (#8923706)
and a pingpong table too
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Re:Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what ... by jraines on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @11:18AM (#8923730)
These things have become a joke -- I guess because they are so common in SF -- but damn, for a single person who doesn't like cooking or taking long lunches, and likes ping pong, these things are pretty damn cool.
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Re:Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what ... by lambda9009 on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @11:18AM (#8923728)
and we're going to change the world
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Re:Startup jobs with low salary and negligible equity, what ... by demircancelebi on Thursday January 22, 2015 @01:58AM (#8927937)
and will make it a better place
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