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Joel, are you open to sponsoring H1B visas?

put that Google Nose to use!

My android and blackberry had it but I haven't seen that on an iphone. Unfortunately, company phones require locks/passwords so you cant just leave it unlocked.

To those who are applying for a biz dev role like this: do you honestly expect to get a job where you will be selling for your company (whether it be vision, product, etc.) when you cant even sell yourself to get a job?

Finding a job isnt a game of percentages. Or atleast finding the right job isnt (imho). Find the 2-3 jobs you really want and spend the time to make the recruiter believe you could actually sell for their company one day.

How does FogBugz (http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/) compare to bugherd or lighthouse?

I can't make up my mind what's worse...KSA tracking women or France telling them what they can and can't wear

I'd love to see Microsoft respond to this!

Symbolism or not, I think there's no denying the fact that he worked very hard during the early stages. My point is to highlight the fact that in light of his struggles, I can appreciate his frustrations. While the attacks are not justified, I can at least see the path of events that led to this act.

Ecellent read because it provides an alternate (and ugly) perspective of the often glorified (read techcrunch-ified) world of startups in the Valley.

Shaikh has obviously made some big mistakes but take a minute to feel for the guy. He literally bled for the company to save some money so I can imagine the emotional rollercoaster he must have been on.

Well written piece Inc.

Hi almost,

Original blog post author here. Generally speaking, interview processes have undergone a fraction of the innovation that industry has seen. Hence, After learning about Interviewstreet and checking out all the amazing companies they've partnered with, I got a bit excited but I definitely didn't mean to offend :(

Hi mtogo,

The way I see it, the purpose of Interviewstreet is to provide a platform for skilled hackers to score tremendous opportunities without having to go through pre-screen interviews. A lot of these pre-screen interviews and traditional selection processes are based on check-lists, school grades, etc.

The intention here doesn't appear to be the solving of ridiculous puzzles all day in the hopes of finding a job. In fact, I think the aim is to remove jumping unnecessary hoops and give the hacker a chance to display his technical prowess up front - after all, that's their strongest suit!

This is my understanding of the site, maybe Vivek can shed some light here.

Not only that, it seems like a lot more fun than going to an HR first-round interview!