Job: Head of Stonehenge

(english-heritage.org.uk)

72 points | by mooreds 1 hour ago

14 comments

  • _alternator_ 51 minutes ago
    On the front page? LLMs got lots of us programmers dreaming of leaving the profession, I suppose.
    • tyre 19 minutes ago
      Is this not super cool regardless? Even if you love tech, was a fun little gem.
  • celsius1414 37 minutes ago
    Missed opportunity to say they’re ‘looking for a rock star to lead our team!’
    • laszlojamf 28 minutes ago
      "a solid leader who can carry the weight of our massive responsibility"
  • davidschof 13 minutes ago
    Their senior solution architect vacancy has similar pay: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers...

    Somewhat less eminent job title though.

    • riffraff 3 minutes ago
      I would love to have "Stonehenge architect" as a job title.
  • xtorol 18 minutes ago
    Due to a typo in the paperwork sent to HR by the hiring manager, they are only paying 64,189 pence. The director was last heard chastising HR, saying "It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel."
  • pants2 48 minutes ago
    Sounds like a very cool job, and not sure about the UK job market, but seems to be wildly underpaid for the qualifications!
    • kaonwarb 36 minutes ago
      Not disagreeing, but it's also worth something to know, and say, that you are in charge of Stonehenge.
      • sva_ 22 minutes ago
        Must be an extraordinary honor to be in charge of a bunch of rocks over there.
    • loeg 31 minutes ago
      This is like a 90th percentile UK salary.
    • techterrier 39 minutes ago
      this isnt all that *bad for something in the conservation / heritage / ngo sector

      edit: *obviously its not a wonderful salary, but for the sector....well I've seen worse.

    • y-curious 43 minutes ago
      Especially considering minimum wage “salary” in the UK is ~24k GBP, 64k is nothing imo. They call it the “wage squeeze”
      • UnfitFootprint 38 minutes ago
        Average full time salary is 40k GBP. It’s +50% on the average which seems right for a non profit organisation in a non exec role
      • loeg 30 minutes ago
        This is like 90th percentile UK salary. It's good pay for the UK, a poor country.
        • gbro3n 6 minutes ago
          The UK is still the 5th biggest economy in the world. Public infrastructure feels like it's under huge strain however, and there is also a big problem with inequality, which seems to be changing under Labour, albeit slowly.
        • geysersam 16 minutes ago
          Let's not be delusional. The UK is not a poor country, and 64K is low by US tech standards but it's good by any other measure.
      • enraged_camel 31 minutes ago
        Yeah, but 25 days holiday plus bank holidays means you're working like half the year at most. ;)
    • swarnie 41 minutes ago
      Just a smidge over $63k after tax and before gibbs.

      The job market over here is shocking.

      • loeg 29 minutes ago
        This is equivalent to $85,700 USD, not $63k.
        • theodric 4 minutes ago
          Read it again. $63k after tax and before "gibbs" i.e. government-provided social distributions.
      • dismalaf 35 minutes ago
        Lol in Canada 64,000 pounds = $120K CAD which would put you in the 92nd income percentile.
    • ai-roundup 41 minutes ago
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  • green_wheel 36 minutes ago
    What's your role?

    I'm a CSO.

    Oh nice, Strategy or Security?

    Stonehenge.

    • quuxplusone 7 minutes ago
      "Just to be clear, you are saying you manage a hedge fund, right?"

      "Yeah, a henge fund."

      "Hedge fund."

      "Henge fund."

      "Hedge."

      "Henge."

      "...I think we're on the same page."

    • bfeist 8 minutes ago
      Heard of it?
  • ggm 10 minutes ago
    * Must be proficient in use of mistletoe in unspecified rituals.

    * Must provide own sickle, and robes.

  • faangguyindia 21 minutes ago
    i know quite a few dev ops and frontend guys who were employed for last 4 years and are now driving taxi in india.
  • Quarrel 30 minutes ago
    Damnit. No WFH option.
  • madrox 17 minutes ago
    Building a henge, are we?
  • zuzululu 33 minutes ago
    really wish i keot my british passport
  • readthenotes1 28 minutes ago
    "Job type Permanent"

    I bet they enjoyed typing that in.

    "5,000 years+ -- depends on you"

    Might be another option if it were freeform text

  • smashah 31 minutes ago
    Stonehenge would be a great AI Lab name!