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by jitl 1884 days ago
> this is a red flag

A red flag for what? Being a human with opinions? Not having enough “loyalty” to ones “superiors” in the workplace?

There’s nothing wrong with sharing an opinion or critique. Felipe is a fantastic engineer and I wouldn’t hesitate to try recruit him if he wasn’t looking away from the salary life.
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pxue 1884 days ago
It's a red flag because 1.5 years is really not a long time to attempt to break into a new market.

It highlights that the author wasn't a good fit as engineer #2. However, instead of introspection, the author just blamed it all on bad org, bad manager etc.

Conclusion, I wouldnt hire op as engineer #2 at early stage startups.

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joshmanders 1883 days ago
See, your response is a red flag for me. It tells me you'll treat your employees like shit and talk down to them if they express their feelings like OP did.

I wouldn't accept a job offer from anyone who has a problem with someone writing a blog post about their experiences working for another company, good or bad.

People are too quick to act as if companies have this protection and that as employees we have to bow to them and cannot say anything negative, but in a heart beat companies will drop employees like yesterdays news.

This is a two way street and we has employees have just as much rights to express our disinterest and experiences with companies we worked with too.

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mam3 1884 days ago
> Being a human with opinions?

Is that a value now ? You can be a shitty human with shitty opinions.

At least thats what HN consider on some political subjects.

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