[probably_wrong]

I didn't think it was satire, but I'm at the point of my career where I wouldn't want to work for a company like this.

If I'm expected to make a 3-days homework exercise plus a half day live coding session, and then I'm expected to jump at their every whim too (respond email when it's convenient for them, honesty seen as a weakness, expected to be proactive but not too much or you become argumentative), I'd rather look somewhere else.

This reads more like "how to screen for people who will blindly follow your orders". And sure, if you have a small startup maybe you do want people like that. But as a developer I don't think this guide has my best interests in mind.

[aerosmile]

You're absolutely right that there are many types of people and stages of careers where an early-stage startup is not a good fit.