Posted by Dikkie Dik on 09/27/07 12:18

Well, here are the comments of another "ignorant dutchman":
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:35:19 +0200, eninja <eninja@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Are you interested in working for a fast-growing technology company
>> with lots of energy, passion and excitement?
>
> Nope.

I really wouldn't know what the sentence would mean. If they are
fast-growing, I would not want to work there until the company has
stabilized.
If they are a *real* technology company, excitement is what you are
payed to avoid. Most technology is used to silently handle
responsibilities of a company. Especially in web projects. Most sites I
build are "machines" in the sense of an ATM or a ticket machine. It
should not blow up or display flashy messages, it should just work. It
should handle its responsibility even when things go utterly wrong. In
that case particular, it should show no energy, passion or excitement.
It should keep its head cool. Like the developers that built it.

>> At Pingsta, we place utmost emphasis on hiring smart and talented
>> people
>
> Smart and talented people should know better then to post a message like
> this...

If they want to hire people from all over the world, it would not be
*that* dumb. But somehow I don't think they do.

>> that see every challenge as an opportunity to excel
>
> Pfff. A problem is a problem to be fixed, excelllence has nothing to do
> with it.

They don't want you to glue broken things. They want flashy bandages
that glow in the dark...

>> and thrive
>> in intellectually stimulating environments free of politics,
>
> Yeah sure, show me an environment with people without politics, and I'll
> show you a flying pig.

They don't say that they have such an environment. Just that they are
looking for people who would thrive there. Because they want politically
ignorant people? By the way, I vote for the flying pig...

>> where all
>> opinions and contributions are respected and rewarded.

Let's just stop here, otherwise this post gets way too big. All
companies I know claim to have an "informal worksphere". No company in
the world is going to say that they are rigid or blunt-headed. I usually
ignore those kind of sentences.

It is nice to see all the flashy language without any content. I still
haven't got the faintest idea what the company or the job would be like.
Reading their post is like looking at a mask.

They seem good at selling things. This is precisely the reason I left my
former employer: they were really good at selling things too, but I had
solve the shit afterwards.

Kopje,
Dikkie

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