<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 14 Sep 2011, at 13:01, Michael Pavling wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 13 September 2011 21:07, Ben Griffiths <<a href="mailto:bengriffiths@gmail.com">bengriffiths@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">nor do I have an 'exciting' opportunity for you.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">come on an adventure that will<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">involve ... lots of drudgery in .. on a lower-than-market<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">salary with no perks.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">My current preference is for sharp, junior devs who are looking for a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">start-up adventure - but all welcome.<br></blockquote><br>Is this for real? Or a spoof? I can't tell?!<br>Honestly.<br><br>Is this *really* a pitch for "make me money for nothing in return"?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, he is being subtly ironic :)</div><div><br></div><div>Ben's a great guy to work with. These days I tend to go for jobs which involve a great team rather than a great startup idea or great technology. You'd do a lot worse that to work with him: not particularly for any sort of equity (which IMO is too much of a risk to bother substituting real money for almost all the time), but to learn a thing or two about programming.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div></div><div>
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