Former Vislab hacker and all-round interesting person Nick is pondering first-paycheque ethics, which isn’t something I’ve really considered before. But I’ll have to now as I’m in a similar position.
In my case it’s slightly simpler as the Atlassian guys are really into their ethical-capitalism and have a work-place giving scheme (among other things that I can’t talk about yet). Funny really given that when I saw their company name and logo my first thought was of Atlas Shrugged and objectivists aren’t generally the charitable type. Not that they’d turn charity down.
Sounds like a great place to work and a good match… although your infrequent posting suggests that maybe they’re working you pretty hard! :P… or… you’ve got a life outside of “the internet”… say it isn’t so!
BTW: “All-round interesting person” is flattering… but you forgot “inhumanly handsome” :P
OK then ..
“He’s handsome, but not in a human sort of way”
How’s that?
Yeah; I’ll take what I can get.
My new employer gives me a paid day off every year to “volunteer”, and many US companies do a thing they call “matching”, where they equal your donations to a string of charities. Of course, I only get three weeks off in a year.
Deciding who you are going to give your money to makes a nice change from deciding which coloured toy you want.
So otherwise how is the job mate?
Your view is nice – I think I sent you a picture of mine today, from my phone. They compare nicely, I think.