Company is Alpha Vantage:

https://beaverhand.com/apply/alpha-vantage-gtm-team-various-...

The job description touts investment from some members of the "PayPal Mafia." For some odd reason that fact that and the SAT requirement combine to make this whole thing feel kind of normal.

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dataviz1000 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Low ego: There can be significant economic upside to this role as things progress, but the nature of this role day-to-day may involve things that can be less exciting / more mundane (it's a job, after all!)

What does this mean?

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OptionOfT 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Please note that we will also rely significantly on both solicited references (where you introduce us) as well as unsolicited or "back-end" references (where we do our own). For the latter, please rest assured that we will never contact a current employer without first getting your permission.

References already give me goosebumps. Having them reach out to people who haven't given you permission to be a reference sounds like a recipe for disaster.

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jedberg 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Every job does that, whether they tell you or not.

	▲	lazyasciiart 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No they don't. Source: have hired people without doing that.
	▲	phyzome 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Sorry, no. That might be a thing you've personally experienced, but it's far from universal.

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mc32 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If they do sensitive work for the government, it'd make sense that they'd do those back-end references. Also if they are in high end finance where you want to weed out people who have demonstrated moral flexibility was well as total lack of it for certain things.

	▲	bayarearefugee 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> If they do sensitive work for the government, it'd make sense that they'd do those back-end references. If they do government work that requires clearances, the clearance process already covers this sort of investigation on its own. In any case, they are free to do whatever background checks they want within legal limits, but I'd never apply to a company with such ridiculous hiring processes.

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parpfish 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

i hate references.

all a good reference means to a potential employer is "you are on good terms with somebody from a previous job".

and as a job seeker, it's awkward reaching out to people you may not have talked to in a couple years to announce that you're job hunting.

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dominotw 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

airbnb asked me why i didnt go iit in india and interviever soured after that. it was a chinese guy.

	▲	thisislife2 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Seriously? This made me lol.

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