What's the big deal?
In good fun, "knows what bootstrap means and likes it" translates to "minority share and you'll be doing all the work."
Maybe it's still damned by its genre.
From the listing: The founding team has a strong vision for Sproost and can happily share all of the details with you. But we call BS on anyone who says they know what the future holds...
Well played. I like these guys.
thats enough
If you said Natural Ice...clearly either a drinking problem or stuck in the college days.
Arrogant bastard? Beer snob.
Smirnoff Ice? wtf?
Hired people work for salary. The kind of people who qualify either command high salaries or shares.
Other than that it sounds like a nice job for a 20-year old hacker wanting to get some experience and buff up that resume in the process.
Suggests that a considerable amount of equity compensation could be involved.
But yeah, when they said "first hire", that was my thought as well -- they basically want a technical cofounder / chief architect sort of person.
I doubt there's really a good answer to that question. Looking for a degree is probably not the worst answer, though it may not be the best either (probably better than asking them what beverage they drink, which is presumably to establish their stuffwhitepeoplelike cred).
That's a very good question. Competent people generally know if they are better or worse than one of their peers. However, if no-one in your extended social circle is better than a mis-guided power user then you'd be unlikely to get a trusted and reliable opinion on ability.
In which case, a good proxy would be a de-emphasis on whizzy pixels. Any kid can make CSS menus and non-interactive Flash. However, how many normalise a database or install a firewall?
http://www.inter-sections.net/2007/11/13/how-to-recognise-a-...
I guess you don't need a degree to do a startup, but on the other hand, if you are young and you enjoy learning, there are worse things to do than hang around on campus of a nice university? I personally missed learning when I entered the "workforce". Sure, I try the odd new thing now and then, but it is not the same as the dedicated effort I made at university.
