(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.nz)

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I am interested in working on ONLY THINGS THAT MATTER that’s why I’m looking to create a social media app to compete with TikTok and Instagram.

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That typically is code for “Things that matter TO ME, the coked up owner, manager, idea man.”

It means be prepared for a 4am phone call hour-long rant about why you used indigo instead of light purple on the design that they signed off on, ensure network stability on AWS for a delusional 1+billion concurrent user signup, and since you have the knowhow, help his kid’s iPad connect to the office Wifi.

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68 points

If it’s 100x harder and more stressful than any other jobs, would it be fair to assume they’d pay about 100x the market rate?

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$80-$120k is like mid-level. My expectation of devs at the mid-level is that I can give you a project that you might be successful, you might not, but that’s okay. You’re also not in critical systems or a first responder, because that’s a senior level position.

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AI photo sharing app? Nah thanks, bro

phototeca is an ai photo sharing app funded by the billionaire investor bill ackman.

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34 points

“compete with Instagram and TikTok”

LMAO imagine being this delusional.

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Any social media app competes with Instagram and TikTok. It’s not a fair fight, and nobody will ever hear the new apps name, but they are technically still competing.

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But almost NO new social media apps will be the first part of that same sentence, “This app will be #1 in App Store by summer time”. I agree with “delusional” being an appropriate word for this job posting.

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You’d think they’d at least say you’d be rewarded for your hard work with large stock options and bonuses or something, but they just say “shaping the future” and “gaining skills”.

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You are not seeing the big picture here.You should think more like billionaire investor Bill Ackmann.

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I fucking lost it right here. Every single sentence is a red flag. But Bill fucking Ackman lmaoooooo

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But, but… The CEO is a “Gladiator in social network multiverse”, how could anything ever go wrong.Before anyone asks - Yes - That is the verbatim tagline on this chump’s linkedin.

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