[coldtea]

>I have the opposite reaction to this posting: Penny Arcade are being abundantly clear and transparent about the requirements and drawbacks of the role.

Given what the requirements and the drawbacks are, that's just marginally better than not being clear.

To give an extreme example to make this clear, I'm not going to be lauded by putting up an ad like: "I'm a old-style racist, and want a black person to serve as my personal assistant. No salary given. Must do as told".

[eridius]

You say that like the Penny Arcade job listing is somehow rare. It actually sounds like an accurate description of a lot of startup jobs out there. The only thing unique here is that they're actually being upfront about expectations, instead of letting the new hire find out over time about the true expectations of their role.

[ceol]

And every time someone talks about those terrible startup jobs, everyone agrees they're garbage.

[eridius]

Sure, but they don't typically accuse the person who posted the job of being scum, which a lot of people seem to be doing with this Penny Arcade listing.