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I always like finding stuff like this. Imgur has a really good ascii art job advert that shows up in the JS console.


https://developer.mozilla.org/

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        _7 . ___  /VVvv-'_                                            .
       7/ / /~- \_\\      '-._     .-'                      /       //
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    vVVv    vVVv                 ': |_| |_| |_|\___/___|_|_|_|\__,_| ''

    Hi there, nice to meet you!

    Interested in having a direct impact on hundreds of millions of users? Join
    Mozilla, and become part of a global community that’s helping to build a
    brighter future for the Web.

    Visit https://careers.mozilla.org to learn about our current job openings.
    Visit https://www.mozilla.org/contribute for more ways to get involved and
    help support Mozilla.


  "
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     | | | | | | | (_| | |_| | |
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                   __/ |
                  |___/
  ========================================
  You opened the console! Know some code,
  do you? Want to work for one of the best
  startups around? http://imgur.com/jobs
  ========================================
  "


As of yesterday the New York Times had a great ascii version of their abbreviated 'T' logo, and the text "All the code that's fit to printf()", along with a "we're hiring!" message.

They must have filled the position, though, because the advert is now gone.


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            000          1      00             1               000
            000               00      00       1               000
            000             000    00000       1               000
         00000            0000  00000000       1                00000
       11111            000 00    000000      000                 11111
         00000          0000      000000     00000              00000
            000        10000      000000      000              0000
            000        00000      000000       1               000
            000        000000     10000        1     0         000
            000        1000000 00              1    00         000
            000         1111111                1 0000          000
            000          1111111100           000000           000
            0000          111111111111111110000000            0000
            111111111        111111111111100000          111111111
              0000000              00000000              0000000
       
       
       NYTimes.com: All the code that's fit to printf()
       We're hiring: http://nytimes.com/careers


Check out the code in http://www.ilikearchitecture.net


Looks like the famous architect Le Corbusier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier

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I found this a while back on vimeo jobs page.

"Ahhhh…greetings, fellow internet developer! We’ve been looking for you: https://vimeo.com/jobs"


I've had the following ASCII art in the source of my personal site (driverdan.com) for a few years. There are a lot of tools to convert images to ASCII so it's pretty easy to do.

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Haha, that is cool.




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