Palo Alto to NYC...No Pit Stops

The poetic job offer thing can be done well, but you have to actually write well for it to be appealing.. For example, you repeat "right now" twice within the first three sentences. You use the wrong "your/you're", you say "your are", and you throw commas about willy-nilly. That doesn't convey a laid-back air or a cool company culture - that conveys sloppiness and general laziness.

For reference, a good combination of poetry and information is Rapportive's hiring page : http://rapportive.com/jobs

It is designed well, makes the service, company culture, and idea clear, and then clearly states what the responsibilities and roles are. If I'm thinking about a job, or looking at a job posting, I want some information - your post gives none of that.

I believe the reason for this lies in the sad fact that as software developers we have all met a lot of business and marketing people who talk like that, and speaking from personal experiences none of them were trustworthy. As an engineer I don't want my managers to be cheerleaders; for many reasons, not the least of which is they tend to turn into megalomaniac taskmasters who exhibit a glaring disconnect from reality.

When you write stuff like "really...it's a filter...meant to weed out people like you and surface people who we actually want to work with. go work at IBM", you're essentially confirming these suspicions.

Now, Jordan, I didn't write this to diss you, I wanted to convey an explanation where negative feedback may be coming from. As a developer I would like to be impressed by ideas, not by enthusiastic type A personalities who are quick to lash out against others.