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This doesn't seem like it could have happened in real life. I can't believe someone, especially in tech, could justify working in such an atmosphere with those "benefits".

Yes, big companies may stifle creativity a little, but from what little I read, this startup doesn't seem to be so great..

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It seems to be real. The company's response is at http://valleywag.gawker.com/handys-nightmare-tryout-process-... and reads basically "yeah but that was a while ago, we're different now".

>I can't believe someone, especially in tech...

Remember, the author of this article (who of course didn't continue working there) isn't in tech. She previously wrote about working at a non-profit theater company and about wanting to teach English.

If you mean the programmers at this startup, yes, that seems odd. But this may be the least worst of the options they have available, or the author may have taken some liberties with her description of the office environment...

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