[lobotryas]

>Mentioning pizza, beer, ping-pong, or swearing in a job ad are all will-not-apply conditions for me.

Every job or job posting will never be everything to everyone. If I considered those words a turn-off, then I'd be happy for job postings that lend themselves so readily to such a quick filter.

>As a philosophical exercise: consider replacing pizza with sushi, beer with wine, and ping-pong with Zumba. Still a sensible ad for a tech job?

Sure, if you're Google or just have a lot of money. "Pizza, beer, ping-pong" are mentioned because they're cheap LCDs rather than a hallowed tech lifestyle.

[ronaldx]

> If I considered those words a turn-off, then I'd be happy for job postings that lend themselves so readily to such a quick filter.

This makes filtering jobs quite easy, true. But it shouldn't - this situation makes me unhappy about the state of the industry.

> "Pizza, beer, ping-pong" are mentioned because they're cheap LCDs

Yes, I identify that these are cheap items being passed-off as employee benefits: my evaluation of the company is affected by that as well. "Common" Denominators, not so much.

[lobotryas]

In your opinion, what should the "state of the industry" be like?