On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 6:23 PM, <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.)