[xwdv]

Sorry but anyone who comes with that attitude is extremely naive and cannot be trusted. And is NOT a good teammate. How can you want to be part of something when you don’t even know what it’s like on the inside?

What happens when you are given a task you do NOT want to be part of? What happens when a task has moral gray area? What happens if you suddenly decide you really want to be part of something else?

Fuck people like that, if you’re hiring someone you want someone with valuable skills who is ready to be of service, ready to do whatever you ask, and will remain loyal so long as they are paid. You don’t want people to be nice, you want them to be predictable. That’s true value.

[dgb23]

Ah yes, obedient workers. But also creative and open minded. And autonomous. Well as long as they are autonomously doing the thing I want. Scratch the creative part, I‘m already creative enough! Also loyalty is super important - for them of course. I reserve the privilege to lay them off or fire them - business is business after all.

[aulin]

I believe he put it in a wrong way but he has a valid point. How can you be so passionate about working in a place you never worked at? there's a big risk you're just in love with the idea and you'll be deluded once you experience it first hand. It's a risky hire if the day to day job doesn't match his big expectations.

[dgb23]

I agree with the point. Fully. I think this would be a good thing to try and clear up during hiring if the candidate is inexperienced or seems to have trouble with commitment.

However when reading the above the tone seemed ridiculously over the top, which is why I tuned in.

[xwdv]

> However when reading the above the tone seemed ridiculously over the top, which is why I tuned in.

Mission Accomplished.

[glenneroo]

Isn't that what probation periods are for?

[glenneroo]

Way to generalize everybody who is ever enthusiastic to work somewhere - they're all untrustworthy and horrible teammates.

[deadbunny]

By the sounds of it they just want robots.

"Moraly gray", "do whatever asked".

Sounds a lot like how we've needed up with the current nightmare in big tech.