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« on: May 04, 2010, 08:09:30 AM »

Well...compared to mine anyway.

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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 06:55:19 AM »

This sort of thing happens on a regular basis here, it's not a fluke to have a bouncy castle inflated in a vacant office.
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 07:08:00 AM »

Sounds like you are in heaven.. i wondered if that was real.. i used to work for
a company like that... the first day i worked there, hooters girls rolled kegs
of beer in on dollys and they had lots of wings... one day they called a huge
meeting so they could get a guy a belly dancer for his birthday... they had a
workout room with aerobics area, yoga mats, dvd player, free plane tickets
every x months, heaven.

cherish it... other people are in shitty cubicles forced to watch memes and listen
to weekend replays ....

id put a hookah in that castle and 9 monitors and make it my office~!

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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2010, 07:11:59 AM »

lol yeah we do have a lot of fun

working for a web 2.0 company has many benefits.
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2010, 08:08:40 AM »

i went to PumpItUp this weekend with my kid for a birthday party.
giant versions of those things.
epic slides. craziness.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pokeie/4573116499/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pokeie/4573719864/

i got soo many freakin burns on my knees. fat guys need not do.
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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2010, 10:40:22 AM »

Working for a web 2.0 company -    It's fun as hell and way more productive than the stodgy conservative world.  They should stick with banks and life insurance.

Sometimes I think our cultural clashes inside the US (at least in our industry) would be better understood if we realized that some come from a conservative business environment and others from a more open environment 
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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2010, 11:31:22 AM »

I established long ago that any place that requires one to "dress up" or present a certain level of faux-decorum was not worth my time or consideration as a candidate for employer. When I have employed people, and mind you it's only been a few, I've made it clear that I don't give a rip what they do on their time or mine, provided they produce superior results. My philosophy when employing others is simple; I don't care how you work or when you do it. I don't care if you go home and smoke 5 grams of crack. It's your business, not mine. As long as you keep increasing my profits, I'll keep paying you. Granted I have always thought that looking for people who are a "culture fit" is important too. I think the "No Assholes" rule is a pretty simple and good one.
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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2010, 01:47:09 PM »

If you have women employed for you, a pajama day is a nice liberation from traditional dress codes..
they had that too...  Wink  i worked in a code shop once and they needed a mandatory shower policy..
pee yew... the only guy that showered there willingly was the one that lived with his mother ... prolly just for
the privacy hahah
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2010, 05:10:50 AM »

Everyone here has pretty good hygeine...
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 07:23:06 AM »

I prefer getting stuff done.
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 07:59:14 AM »

There's nothing wrong with placing value on "getting stuff done". Personally, I'm a bit of a stoic and thus am more concerned with ataraxia/apatheia.
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