Only the Dopest Need Apply(medium.com)
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Only the Dopest Need Apply
https://medium.com/@aickin/only-the-dopest-need-apply-57fb0aaacb66
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I do not see anything wrong with that. Some companies work hard to keep a simple and fun work culture. Not all companies solve hard problems. Some of the entertainment focused tech companies cannot attract right talent by putting a serious face.
The OP is making a mountain out of a molehill here. The ad is mildly cringey but not that bad. He's reading into it far too deeply. Surely there are more significant things in the world to dedicate Medium articles to?
Every cringeworthy, try-hard job listing does not call for a cringeworthy, try-hard medium post.
Keep scrolling. Karma has a way of sorting these things out.
Keep scrolling. Karma has a way of sorting these things out.
It's always been this way. You're just looking from outside in now.
>despair that tech will ever be a welcoming place for different kinds of people. Because the subtext of this job description is unmistakable: “we have poor, inexperienced managers, and you are only welcome here if you are like us.”
What's wrong with wanting to work with like-minded people? Was Redfin any different when it was a three man shop?