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The Flaws of Meritocracy
Hamilton Nolan · 04/01/15 01:28PMThe Machines Are Taking Over Job Interviews
Hamilton Nolan · 10/11/13 12:35PMFaulty FBI Databases Could Keep You From Getting a Job
Hamilton Nolan · 07/30/13 08:48AM'A Worthless Hire': A Letter From Hjalmar and Alex, Our Far-Flung Swedish Correspondents
John Cook · 02/22/13 02:37PMEarlier this week, Gawker posted a job listing seeking applicants for a reporter position. Among the responses was this letter from Hjalmar Sveinbjőrnsson and Alex, two under-employed Swedish roommates. We have reproduced the letter without correcting grammar or punctuation; the images shown above were attached. Gawker's response follows.
'I'll Make 250K This Year, While You're Unemployed LOL': Monster.com Recruiting Goes Horribly Wrong
Emma Carmichael · 04/12/12 06:44PMGawker Is Looking for a Design Assistant
Gawker Staff · 03/20/12 05:55PMWanted: Night and Weekend Writers
Leah Beckmann · 01/09/12 08:00PMIn light of the many changes taking place across several Gawker media sites, we are looking to add some especially courageous night and weekend writers to the Gawker team. Beginning this weekend, we will hold auditions for those interested in sacrificing their time and relationships for the Gawker graveyard shifts. Each prospective writer will be assigned a full weekend (or two to three nights) to cover.
Googler Quits During Televised Speech
Ryan Tate · 07/27/11 05:37PMGoogle wants to get into the LOLcat business, but Steve Yegge is damned if he's going to help; the engineer told a tech conference that "I am officially quitting that job on national TV." Also in today's Valleywag roundup: Google is showering programmers with 50 percent raises and trips to Paris; Karl Rove advertised in his favorite gay sex app; and a tech writer is minting money off a single review.
Hollister Only Hires the 'Hottest Kids in the Mall'
Hamilton Nolan · 08/03/10 03:31PMAmerican Apparel: Nothing Has Changed
Hamilton Nolan · 07/13/10 12:39PMAmerican Apparel: Internal Documents Reveal Uglies Not Welcome
Hamilton Nolan · 06/10/10 02:08PMFacebook bribes NYU coeds with gum
Nicholas Carlson · 09/18/08 03:40PMFacebook is going on a 20 university, 5 business school tour of the nation looking for fresh meat. Yesterday's stop was NYU, says a Valleywag spy. "Of course I grabbed some free sandwiches and the best part: FACEBOOK GUM!" Interested? The spy says it "seems like they are extremely interested in programmers that speak multiple languages." Since Facebook gets its users to translate the site for free, we're betting the Facebook recruiter actually meant programmers should know the following languages:
Advertising's Race Problem
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/08 01:14PMThe advertising industry is too white! It's been an issue forever-see any episode of Mad Men for the historical perspective. Two years ago the NYC Commission on Human Rights decided to hold hearings about diversity in advertising, and all the big ad agency conglomerates enthusiastically signed on. Declaring a firm commitment to diversity is a modern hallmark of the ad industry, along with every other industry. Since diversity hasn't been achieved, of course, the hearings drag on to this day. But Ad Age reports that at last night's meeting, only six white people showed up, and "two were members of the commission, two were lawyers and one was a journalist." That's problematic, since white people are supposed to be the ones getting educated here. And they got called on it:
Google's either in a hiring freeze or this guy didn't get a phone interview
Nicholas Carlson · 06/20/08 01:40PMReport: Yahoo cuts costs, stops hiring — except for Valleywag editors
Nicholas Carlson · 06/13/08 01:40PMDespite local radio ads, sources tell Silicon Alley Insider Yahoo has frozen its hiring until July. Or it's freezing its hiring in July. One of the two. The point is that purse strings are tight at Yahoo. The news jibes with what we heard shortly after Yahoo reported its first quarter earnings in April, sources told us Yahoo was cutting back on travel expenses. Still, budgeted or no, sometimes Yahoo knows talent when it sees it and goes hard after it. How else to explain the email below?
SVUG #15: How do I cash in on the 2007 bubble?
Paul Boutin · 12/28/06 03:45PMLoose Wires: Oh foo
Nick Douglas · 08/31/06 10:50PM- A compelling play-by-play of the goings-on at FOO Camp '06. We don't know about you, but starting the day watching Kevin Rose popping a zit at an Addictive Users seminar and ending with Moshe Cohen entertaining the masses with his zany clownish antics is well worth the privilege of being a Friend of O'Reilly. [Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog]
Arson, for one: 10 reasons not to hire a Burner
Nick Douglas · 08/31/06 10:23PMOnly you can kill Google in China
Nick Douglas · 07/18/06 07:24PMHang with government informants! Bribe execs from Baidu! Microsoft, which recently lost the exec in charge of kicking Google's ass, is currently hunting for an official Google-fighting point man in China. This seems like a great chance to live out those power fantasies of your childhood in a market where competition means more than who has the better engineering department. In China, it's all about tattling on your competitor, jailing dissidents, and buying into the censorship culture. How refreshing after this mamby-pamby liberal Valley environment!