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evilduck on Aug 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How GitHub Works: Hours are Bullshit

How does this work honor system handle abuse? Does peer pressure mostly prevent it? Are people fired faster or for less wrongdoing? I know GitHub tries to only hire "the best", but it just seems like an eventuality before someone slips through and throws a wrench in the works.

etruong42 on Aug 16, 2011 [–]

It boils down to judgement of character. The standard fare of working 9-to-5 is open to abuse as well if HN or the like is not blocked.

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