glad startupland is on board with treating people the same way they'd treat any physical product that a startup produces - with a free 30 day no risk return policy
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That's a pretty disrespectful thing to say about the programmers. They don't have to accept an offer from this employer, like some passive object someone buys. They'll be judging the potential employer as well as being judged by them.
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But then they should really be paid.
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A trial period seems like a good idea for everyone Hiring right now is like “let’s go on one date and then decide to get married” It’s insane
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Disrespectful? Not sure that's how I'd describe it - seems emotional That said Have often seen people take a 90 "test drive" with one another - see if it's a good fit professionally Seems to make sense
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I mean it's disrespectful to not compensate those programmers for their time and energy, especially as people who have 1000+ hours of experience.
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More specifically, you structure this as "they're both judging each other". However, the company is getting *direct* value out of the arrangement, whereas the human is getting a *potential* of value. That's imbalanced and abusive to the human.
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I think the tensions re: “trial employment” comes from unequal perceived levels of risk: - the programmer doesn’t have income if the approach doesn’t work. - vs. impact on the company usually is much more muted due to the distribution of impact across the employee base.
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I do agree that employment trials could provide significant benefit. Although the concept raises q’s relating to the employees ability to hedge risk within the trial. Maybe: longer term pay or “leave bonus”. Note: employment at will is kinda the same thing.
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How much can be mitigated with more testing? You can't get a job as a ballerina or a ballplayer w/a resume; you have to show what you can do at length. We do a Fizz buzz thing and I'm glad of it—many programmers can't program. I'm wondering if a longer process makes sense.
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I’d prefer this. I’ve started jobs that sound interesting but found out later were incredibly boring and weren’t something I could be passionate about doing. The mission and execution of it was always the most important thing for me.
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When you left those jobs you were paid for the work you’d done, right? You didn’t just have a month of no pay.
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