I thought of this, but I think it's OK in the context of the joke. (And technically, Speedo might stereotypically be associated with men, but they make stuff for women too.)
No, I don't think so. There's a tendency in tech circles to act like programmers etc. are just men. It's not malicious but it makes women feel invisible, which is a factor in the gender imbalance in tech. So as part of the effort to get more women into tech, we're self-conscious about thoughtless (not generally malicious) actions that make women feel less welcome. I would definitely consider a serious headline saying "grab your speedo, we're sending you to Brazil" as unintentionally making women feel forgotten. But again, since it's a just a joke about a photo, it's not really a problem in this case.
We have an endless supply of the best coffee available on the planet. We receive between 50 to 100 samples every month. We work with NYC's top baristas to do blind tastings of every sample we receive and we keep detailed sensory records (awesome db of data on coffee evaluations, btw!).
After all that, only the top 3 coffees from that process make it into our boxes. And, we partner with General Assembly to provide those same 3 coffees as our office coffee.
Worked with a coffee fiend at my first job that put the "every office needs a good espresso machine" idea in my head.
I've never quite executed that idea because I figure a clueless coworker would not clean it, burn themselves, or worse (flavoured supermarket beans - eurgh!).
Working somewhere with a constant supply of good coffee would be amazing.
I don't disagree, but I would honestly worry. I love coffee, and one of the best days in recent memory is when a local micro-roaster opened up shop in the Crownsville area (Bean Rush Cafe, fantastic coffee if you're local to it) -- but y'know, sometimes I like cream or sugar in my coffee, and I could very easily see myself being judged for that in the same way I judge people who put soda in their whiskey.
And I'd hate to end up being the coffee-pansy. :'(
It's cute guys, I give you points for creativity. But as Rails consultant in San Francisco for many years and recent startup founder myself, I must say that the icon about $2500 for the hardware of your choice kind of backfires and I've advised my clients against using such incentives. On the one hand the new Mac Book with the retina display fully loaded runs about that in minimum configuration by itself. So no budget for an external Thunderbolt display? But more disconcertingly is the subtext which says, buy and set yourself up however you want, without regard to what makes for the lowest friction team, pairing and collaboration experience. In a way this is the cubicle of the 21st century. This is why shops like Pivotallabs don't give their employees individual machines, all they have is a room full of pairing stations, because they realize that ease of cooperation is far more important than personal preferences and customization.
Point taken. But in our case, we're bringing on our first lead engineer. This person will create our engineering culture and be the one who decides how these processes will play out. So the opportunity here is to shape our engineering team, including how developers will work together.
While I disagree with the tone and tenor of wolframarnold on most of it, I do agree that the amount is a little low. I personally think it should be at least $4500 or so, but I could get by with $3500 if I needed to, but then you'd be on the hook to pick up software afterward (Photoshop isn't cheap, etc.)
Also, outworlder's point is germane. The term "tech stipend" leads me to believe that you're going to give me $2500 to pick up my own stuff, that I would then own. If that's the case, it changes the equation a little better, because I already personally own three larger monitors that I'd be happy to drag to the office if that was the expectation.
Regardless, I thought the job posting was MUCH better than 'cute'. I think I've officially ruled out working in NYC, but this offer is tempting, if only for the coffee. Still though, it's very tempting. If the platform choice weren't Ruby, I'd be all over it.
How about saying just that then? If you want the person to create a culture, then giving them a $2.5k budget sends the wrong message there too, as to how much leeway they have. I don't think this will attract the right kind of candidate. Just my $.02
Great stuff, always hard to find good people and Im sure this will bring in lots of nice applicants. And a little trip to Brazil would indeed be nice. Good luck!
If you're interested, you should apply. If everything else is a great fit, I'm sure you can learn Ruby/Rails if that's something you're interested in doing.
Thanks for the feedback. It depends on your browser size. On very large screens it gets a little funky. We talked about it, but ended up deciding to not sweat the edge cases.
Thanks for the question, anon user who created an account 3 minutes ago.
You can't realistically boil these things down in a web form text input. So we put a wide range for both salary AND equity to indiciate optionality on the part of the person we end up hiring.
