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xenion Getting rid of free office snacks doesn't come cheap

Costco has 0-calorie flavored sparkling waters that I love

http://reviews.costco.com/2070/100115780/niagara-bottling-ll...

Lots of people absolutely hate the taste, so don't buy in bulk to start. I've never had a problem with artificial sweeteners, but apparently they taste bad to some people?

xenion Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of 2channel, has taken ownership of 4chan

Something Awful is also the only reason that 4chan exists in the first place. It was created as a refuge for the SA anime forum (ADTRW) after Lowtax purged the users from Raspberry Heaven (the SA DC++ hub for anime). Nearly every founding admin/mod was a permabanned SA user.

xenion Why is it taking longer and longer to fill open jobs?

Ahh, why exactly don't you list compensation?

Also, I think you should mention some details:

The size of the team -- lone iOS developer, small team (2-4 people), or larger?

Whether the application is a standalone mobile app (and the business is built around it), or simply a frontend for a pre-existing web application/product. (i.e. Working on Tinder versus working on OKCupid's mobile app)

Disregard this if you included this already in the actual listing, and/or you're hiring for an iOS shop that will be dealing with outsourced projects

Degree of control/ownership that the developer will have on the project

I think you will attract different candidates based on these cases.

xenion Why is it taking longer and longer to fill open jobs?

Any chance you could link the listing (or paste the description)? Just curious to see what sort of things you're looking for. I'm currently 5 months into my first full-time iOS dev position. I'm also really curious to know what sort of questions you ask during your interview process (both pre-screens and onsite). I understand if you don't want to share info on that though :)