HOT hot HOT startup needs Rock Star dev! Only apply if U R THE BEST! Work hard/play hard! 120 hour weeks but we have kegs in the break room and four subwoofers in the game room! Just like college but no classes, except Java classes, amirite?

No, thanks.

Demanding a rockstar is a sign that you don’t know how to accomplish your goals and you want Superman to bail you out.

What does a good employment ad look like?

I’ve been in charge of IT at my employer for the last eleven years, and that means I’ve been in charge of moving the infrastructure of HQ four times. (Cambridge office space is a vicious market.) In that time we lost no employees because of the moves.

I attribute this to a few simple things.