What it's like to work at YouNoodle

What it's like to work at YouNoodle(blog.snaptalent.com)

24 points by girk 17 years ago | 14 comments

rjett 17 years ago |

Has anyone else noticed the similarities in all these snaptalent interviews? I understand that snaptalent is trying to provide a quick, entertaining read, but from what I can see, every startup they have profiled is unique because of their entrepreneurial environment, their heated battles on Nintendo Wii, Guitar Hero, or ping-pong, and their love of a nice cold one at the village pub after work. It would be nice to see some more probing questions which would help differentiate each startup they interview.

run4yourlives 17 years ago |

That's what I'd want, somebody doing chin-ups next to my desk while I'm struggling with some pesky coding issue.

I know I'm not in the in crowd for saying this, but open concept offices suck, no matter how cool they may be. Joel is definitely bang on with this. Hasn't anyone read Peopleware?

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BionicOffice.html

truebosko 17 years ago | |

I would hurt myself if I had to work behind a wall. At my office, it's open concept. I'm the only guy doing anything remotely related to tech work (Other staff are sales, shipping, products, etc) and it's nice to not only be able to sit back and talk a bit when you need a break but also to know what's going on in the company from others perspective.

In my opinion, an open office especially in a smaller environment keeps everyone in the know about the company and builds a stronger unity towards the primary goal

biohacker42 17 years ago | | |

That may work if you're the tech guy at a non tech company, and your work comes in short spurts.

But if you're a coder, essentially dong applied math for 8 hours a day, piece and quiet make a big difference.

furiouslol 17 years ago | |

I wouuld say you would be more productive with private offices but the culture and the camaraderie within the office would probably be better with an open concept.

run4yourlives 17 years ago | | |

With respect, it's productivity that's going to pay the bills, with a few exceptions obviously.

This type of stuff seems to be more "we're cool like back in the dot com" than it is about getting the product out the door.

petercooper 17 years ago |

Proof that rents in the Bay Area have plummeted! Seriously, that looks like a lot of space for 9 - we'd break arms for that in Europe.

pxlpshr 17 years ago |

When a tool comes out that pre-maturely analyzes a startup's value, and the office is filled with toys and distractions -- then the only thing left is to wait... wait for it... POP

timae 17 years ago |

Plus there's the ping pong.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=305515

rokhayakebe 17 years ago |

The lady is kinda cute. Way to boost productivity.

srn 17 years ago | |

Their productivity boost is proven by the unquestionable correlation between physical attractiveness and IQ. We all know that software engineers would be working in Hollywood except they get more money from startups.

nuggien 17 years ago | |

kinda? you probably don't have that kind of girl where you work.

sdpurtill 17 years ago |

That guy doing pullups in the first picture is soo weak!!

Oh wait... That kind of looks like... Wait nevermind.

Joseph11234 17 years ago |

who's that pretty girl? she must be the queen of silicon valley