Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

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Post by thibaut_barrere » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 6:40 PM UTC

Note: I'm not affiliated with booking.com - they mentioned these offers at the open-source developer conference in paris/france this week-end, so I'm forwarding the information.

Booking.com is looking for more than 40 perl programmers (either seasoned or beginners willing to learn).

They are based in Amsterdam, provide a "competitive salary + relocation package".

They use Perl, Apache, mod_perl, MySql, Memcache, Mason, JavaScript, Git etc.

They are facing a huge growth, which definitely results in interesting scaling challenges :)

You can contact Sheila Sijtsema at sheila.sijtsema@booking.com or have a look at http://www.booking.com/jobs

Re: Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

#2

Post by thibaut_barrere » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 6:41 PM UTC

Link: http://www.booking.com/jobs (although I believe email contact may be better).

Re: Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

#3

Post by Jun8 » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 6:53 PM UTC

Hmm, so the news of Perl's deaths have been exaggerated then?

Re: Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

#4

Post by misterm » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 6:55 PM UTC

Jun8 wrote: post #3

Hmm, so the news of Perl's deaths have been exaggerated then?

Perl is still very much alive and well.

Re: Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

#5

Post by elliottcarlson » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 7:03 PM UTC

Oh man, I If it weren't for the whole family/rooted thing I would go for it - plus not to mention I already speak Dutch.

Re: Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

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Post by thibaut_barrere » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 7:05 PM UTC

elliottcarlson wrote: post #5

Oh man, I If it weren't for the whole family/rooted thing I would go for it - plus not to mention I already speak Dutch.

Maybe you can still try to get in touch with them. They are apparently struggling a bit (why I posted) to hire that many people; maybe they would agree to see some remote work at some point (just extrapolating!).

Re: Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

#7

Post by thibaut_barrere » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 7:07 PM UTC

Jun8 wrote: post #3

Hmm, so the news of Perl's deaths have been exaggerated then?

Well, something that surprises me is why hasn't this post been upvoted at least once (after 25 minutes) ?

I'm pretty sure it can be interesting to many more people (I would be if I loved perl, but I don't practice it).

Re: Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

#8

Post by borism » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 7:41 PM UTC

misterm wrote: post #4

Jun8 wrote: post #3

Hmm, so the news of Perl's deaths have been exaggerated then?

Perl is still very much alive and well.

unfortunately if I may add :)

Re: Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

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Post by kees » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 7:46 PM UTC

elliottcarlson wrote: post #5

Oh man, I If it weren't for the whole family/rooted thing I would go for it - plus not to mention I already speak Dutch.

Speaking Dutch is not necessary at Booking.com.

Re: Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)

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Post by jonasvp » Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 8:05 PM UTC

kees wrote: post #9

elliottcarlson wrote: post #5

Oh man, I If it weren't for the whole family/rooted thing I would go for it - plus not to mention I already speak Dutch.

Speaking Dutch is not necessary at Booking.com.

But definitely a plus in Amsterdam.

You can get by fine with English but to really feel at home - you should know the language. This is assuming you want to make the place you live in feel like home.