On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 6:23 PM, <[1]xorcist@sigaint.org> wrote:

     > What I stated a while back about my reasons for never getting
     involved
     > in the computer industry as a way to earn my bucks... I don't get
     along
     > with fewdal punkz and hypercompetitive-hyperagressives reel well.
     So
     > what did they do? They FUCKED the whole 'Fucking thing'.
     In my experience that is an accurate description of probably 90% of
     the
     industry to some degree or another. That seems to be changing,
     rapidly,
     however.
     There are a few New York based startups I'm familiar with that have
     a VERY
     strict "leave your ego at the door" type policy. If they get the
     slightest
     hint of competitiveness in the interview process, you're done.. no
     matter
     how good your chops are.
     Very cool people. Very chill environment.
     Bluecore is one of them. They're hiring. I won't give the others
     because,
     I still have relationships with them. But Bluecore is awesome, and
     it
     isn't hard to find the others if you Google around.

   Yeah, but then you have to live in one of the most authoritarian states
   in the US. Not that California is better, but at least it has nice
   weather (and most of my immediate family).
   It's nice to see Silicon Valley getting some competition, though. It's
   starting to get hard to convince people to move here with the cost of
   living, so the more different places tech companies start to locate,
   the better for the cost of living in each of them. Of course, one could
   call me biased since Google has offices worldwide, so the difficulty
   getting people to move to the Bay Area hurts Bay Area only companies a
   lot more than it hurts Google. (I don't say "us" because I want to make
   it clear I do not speak for Google in any way.)

References

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