What it's like to work at YouNoodle

Has anyone else noticed the similarities in all these snaptalent interviews? I understand that snaptalent is trying to provide a quick, entertaining read, but from what I can see, every startup they have profiled is unique because of their entrepreneurial environment, their heated battles on Nintendo Wii, Guitar Hero, or ping-pong, and their love of a nice cold one at the village pub after work. It would be nice to see some more probing questions which would help differentiate each startup they interview.

That's what I'd want, somebody doing chin-ups next to my desk while I'm struggling with some pesky coding issue.<p>I know I'm not in the in crowd for saying this, but open concept offices suck, no matter how cool they may be. Joel is definitely bang on with this. Hasn't anyone read Peopleware?<p><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BionicOffice.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BionicOffice.html</a>

Proof that rents in the Bay Area have plummeted! Seriously, that looks like a lot of space for 9 - we'd break arms for that in Europe.

When a tool comes out that pre-maturely analyzes a startup's value, and the office is filled with toys and distractions -- then the only thing left is to wait... wait for it... <i>POP</i>

Plus there's the ping pong.<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=305515" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=305515</a>

The lady is kinda cute. Way to boost productivity.

That guy doing pullups in the first picture is soo weak!!<p>Oh wait... That kind of looks like... Wait nevermind.

who's that pretty girl? she must be the queen of silicon valley