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If it has anything like "build cool stuff", "rockstar" or anything like that, I'm not interested.

I'm most interested in a place that gives a shit about their employees. Work life balance is huge. Pay scale is huge. Rewarding hard working employees is huge. If the description looks like something that would entice a 22 year old college grad, I'm probably not interested.

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I strongly agree with the work-life balance. When the add explicitly states where the office is, the expected the work hours, the number of holiday days, the career development support, etc I'm much more excited to apply. There is nothing worse than applying to a job that is going to be a transit commute to the middle of nowhere. Also when they offer things like relocation support and visa lawyers, its pretty wonderful.

Would you mind sharing how much experience you have? It'd be helpful for targeting developers with differing levels of work experience

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