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You Can't Pay Your Bills with Craft Beers.

Wendy Stocker on May 21, 2018

Culture is a very interesting thing in the tech community, and it has really come a long way. Over the years I've worked with an array() of wonderf...
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rhymes

Which brings me to the point of this post: You can't pay your bills with craft beers.

Especially if you work as a remote worker :D

I hope no one uses "Rockstar developer" (which actually means "young white male with no interests outside of binge programming") any more but I wouldn't be surprised if some companies still do

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Ben Sinclair

One of the agencies I worked for used to put out ads like that, and they got the recruitment agency treatment to turn them into, well, "my client, a fast-growing up-and-coming city-centre cool fortune-9000 forward-thinking company" sort of thing. Their use of the phrase "rock star" used to get us a lot of applications from people thinking we were Rockstar, whose offices were around the corner. Pointless.

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rhymes

ahhaha

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Wendy Stocker

That is hilarious! LOL!!

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Wendy Stocker

Haha right! It's less common now, but I still see it every now and then!

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Jess Lee

All of those things are well and good if you are a 20 something male fresh out of college, but as someone who is not, let me tell you that those things don't actually have too much value.

YEP.

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Wendy Stocker

Very frustrating. I feel myself responding more to positions that just list requirements, and seem more family friendly, because the cool bro culture has always been difficult for me. I'm not a cool bro. lol!

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Adam Piechocki-Brown

"We have really comfortable desk chairs" would be a bigger pull for me than craft beer

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Wendy Stocker

Agreed! A comfortable desk chair might eventually save you money on a doctor bill, however depending how many craft beers you drink, it could be argued that this would save you some money too. ;)

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Mihail Malo

The beers might increase your doctor bill though.

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Anna Rankin

...I've worked with an array() of wonderfully talented people...

...annnd I'm hooked 😄

In seriousness though, you make some wonderful points here. I agree 100% with the items on your list, especially the second point. The right environment to grow and develop is so vitally important - I've seen more than one promising dev career derailed or cut short because of a bad fit. Thanks for the great article!

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Wendy Stocker

I have definitely been in the position where it was a bad match! That is very important! Thanks Anna!

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Dan Benge

Offer free naps, and I'm IN!! :)

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Wendy Stocker

Hahah can't argue with that!

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Wendy Stocker

Precisely and if they serve free dinner there too, I would think twice about working there!

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Steve Ziegler

Great post introduced with a perfect title. Well done. Happy Coding!

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Isa Levine

this is really helpful, grounding advice--i'll be starting my first dev jobhunt in a few months, so i'm grateful to have this in the back of my mind now :)