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Re:Pair (YC W12) raises $4.2M round of funding on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @01:45AM (#3917777)
Working on it.
Re:Resumes are dangerous on Monday April 30, 2012 @11:02PM (#3912803)
You're not testing enough. TDD and BDD coupled with making sure you follow Agile methods even with "hello world" sample code will prevent this. I would explain more but I am just a follower, A.K.A. a lemming. Got to go fork another RoR project on github. BRB. /s
Re:Resumes are dangerous on Monday April 30, 2012 @03:50PM (#3911062)
I better start forking.
Re:The Startup Resume on Monday April 30, 2012 @12:08AM (#3907986)
OK. Problem #1 "Your solution should be in Javascript and CSS"

Smart people don't play monkey games. If you want a monkey at the very least be honest about it. If you want a rockstar you better have a damn good reason for them to come to your company rather than just start their own. Playing monkey games to see if your possible new team rockstar is good at reading minds through osmosis is the first reason they won't even look at you. Better stick to brogrammers, however I doubt you even see many of them.

Just saw a blip for a recruiter's startup "job fair" where the applicants have to go through a pre-screening to be allowed in. Yea, I'm going to take my time to subject myself to recruiter BS so I can possibly be offered some equity and a low ball salary. Why? Why would anyone, who knows what they are doing and are truly skilled, subject themselves to a recruiters process like this. You want rockstars you better be a rockstar yourself. Brogrammer startup job fairs are not going to cut it.