Startup offers trip as hiring bonus

http://code.craftcoffee.com/

by mikenyc • 14 years ago

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code.craftcoffee.com

russtrpkovski• 14 years ago

Great job with the posting. Very creative!

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Thanks!

microtonal• 14 years ago

Very nicely done! One minor nit: clicking on '5' on the top scrolls to '4' ;).

(Edit: obviously, it is slide 5, but still ;).)

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. It depends on your browser size. On very large screens it gets a little funky. We talked about it, but ended up deciding to not sweat the edge cases.

christkv• 14 years ago

Does the job come with that sweet bling cross ?

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Subject to negotiation! But we're willing to discuss. :)

caycep• 14 years ago

what i can't figure out and want to know is: is stumptown still good or have they turned evil?

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Plato said ...

Just kidding. I don't know. They're probably cool.

erichmond• 14 years ago

They're still all the rage out here in Brooklyn, so I assume they're still fighting the good fight.

ahhrrr2• 14 years ago

Not evil, as far as I know. They have some great single origins, but I'm less excited about their blends.

goatforce52• 14 years ago

More importantly: what sort of beans do you keep stocked in the office?

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

We have an endless supply of the best coffee available on the planet. We receive between 50 to 100 samples every month. We work with NYC's top baristas to do blind tastings of every sample we receive and we keep detailed sensory records (awesome db of data on coffee evaluations, btw!).

After all that, only the top 3 coffees from that process make it into our boxes. And, we partner with General Assembly to provide those same 3 coffees as our office coffee.

So it's coffee heaven.

goatforce52• 14 years ago

Neat.

Worked with a coffee fiend at my first job that put the "every office needs a good espresso machine" idea in my head.

I've never quite executed that idea because I figure a clueless coworker would not clean it, burn themselves, or worse (flavoured supermarket beans - eurgh!).

Working somewhere with a constant supply of good coffee would be amazing.

sethbannon• 14 years ago

I can vouch for the fact that they have the best of the best. It's a wonderland of unlimited gourmet beans.

pallinder• 14 years ago

Great stuff, always hard to find good people and Im sure this will bring in lots of nice applicants. And a little trip to Brazil would indeed be nice. Good luck!

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Thanks. Appreciate the feedback!

railsdude• 14 years ago

Thank god there's a picture of a fat dude on the page. Had it been a picture of a hot girl in a bikini and we'd hear drama about this for a week.

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

We have some women on the team at Craft Coffee, and let's just say that you are correct, sir.

colinyoung• 14 years ago

Smart man.

stwe• 14 years ago

There is already drama, apparently they only address this to guys. How about "Grab your bikini"?

sp3322• 14 years ago

I thought of this, but I think it's OK in the context of the joke. (And technically, Speedo might stereotypically be associated with men, but they make stuff for women too.)

ura1a2• 14 years ago

I'm from Brazil and a ruby developer. Can I exchange the trip for a visa?

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Yes. Seriously. If we decide to hire somebody from outside the US who wants to move to NYC, we will sponsor a visa. You should apply.

ura1a2• 14 years ago

Cool. I guess I'm going to have to give it a shot.

artmageddon• 14 years ago

I would apply if I had any skills in Ruby, but alas, I've done mostly .Net / iOS development. That said, I absolutely love postings like this!

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

If you're interested, you should apply. If everything else is a great fit, I'm sure you can learn Ruby/Rails if that's something you're interested in doing.

theFiur2• 14 years ago

That picture is from the Romanian seaside (Romanian gypsies), I have a different angle here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/913zazhaca3i965/lamare.jpg

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Wow. You know, we saw him and we fell in love. You gotta go with your heart on these things.

theFiur2• 14 years ago

Well in case you ever get bored of that one, now you have the option to swap.

JohnnyHVan• 14 years ago

More people need to recruit like this!

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words.

ahhrrr2• 14 years ago

Now I know I'm not the only Ruby developer in the coffee industry!

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Happy to share notes if you ever want to talk. My email is in my hacker news profile. Feel free to connect.

wolframarnold3• 14 years ago

It's cute guys, I give you points for creativity. But as Rails consultant in San Francisco for many years and recent startup founder myself, I must say that the icon about $2500 for the hardware of your choice kind of backfires and I've advised my clients against using such incentives. On the one hand the new Mac Book with the retina display fully loaded runs about that in minimum configuration by itself. So no budget for an external Thunderbolt display? But more disconcertingly is the subtext which says, buy and set yourself up however you want, without regard to what makes for the lowest friction team, pairing and collaboration experience. In a way this is the cubicle of the 21st century. This is why shops like Pivotallabs don't give their employees individual machines, all they have is a room full of pairing stations, because they realize that ease of cooperation is far more important than personal preferences and customization.

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Point taken. But in our case, we're bringing on our first lead engineer. This person will create our engineering culture and be the one who decides how these processes will play out. So the opportunity here is to shape our engineering team, including how developers will work together.

outworlder• 14 years ago

Ok, so the $2500 is the budget for the developer's machine. A more important question is: who owns the machine, the developer or the company?

If it is the former, I see no reason to complain.

wolframarnold3• 14 years ago

How about saying just that then? If you want the person to create a culture, then giving them a $2.5k budget sends the wrong message there too, as to how much leeway they have. I don't think this will attract the right kind of candidate. Just my $.02

bmelton2• 14 years ago

While I disagree with the tone and tenor of wolframarnold on most of it, I do agree that the amount is a little low. I personally think it should be at least $4500 or so, but I could get by with $3500 if I needed to, but then you'd be on the hook to pick up software afterward (Photoshop isn't cheap, etc.)

Also, outworlder's point is germane. The term "tech stipend" leads me to believe that you're going to give me $2500 to pick up my own stuff, that I would then own. If that's the case, it changes the equation a little better, because I already personally own three larger monitors that I'd be happy to drag to the office if that was the expectation.

Regardless, I thought the job posting was MUCH better than 'cute'. I think I've officially ruled out working in NYC, but this offer is tempting, if only for the coffee. Still though, it's very tempting. If the platform choice weren't Ruby, I'd be all over it.

davtbaum• 14 years ago

Nice misuse of the term 'low level developers' Craft Coffee...

volandovengo• 14 years ago

Cool idea: I'm curious why you need a talented developer though. Shouldn't shopify be good enough for you?

frankdenbow• 14 years ago

Can't do subscription billing on shopify

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Nope, we reject your premise. Check out slide 2.

br00klyn• 14 years ago

Just curious to hear opinions: How competitive is $50–100k in NYC?

The 0.5–10% does seem potentially generous.

[http://angel.co/craftcoffee#recruiting]

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Thanks for the question, anon user who created an account 3 minutes ago.

You can't realistically boil these things down in a web form text input. So we put a wide range for both salary AND equity to indiciate optionality on the part of the person we end up hiring.

griffindy• 14 years ago

I'm sad you guys are in New York and not Boston, I love me some good coffee! beautiful website too

mikenyc17• 14 years ago

Let's talk! Boston is not so far away. Shoot me an email. code@craftcoffee.com

Startup offers trip as hiring bonus

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