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Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011)

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Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011)

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Post by jb_anypresence »

Reston/Sterling, VA - AnyPresence (http://anypresence.com)

We're a small venture-backed enterprise mobile application startup. The founders' previous venture had a successful exit.

We're currently using Ruby, Rails, Coffeescript, Mongo, and a whole lot more. We're big fans of testing too. If you're in the DC area, interested in startups, and have some ruby experience we'd love to hear from you.

Email a little bit about yourself and your resume to jbozek@anypresence.com if you are interested.

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011)

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Post by blumentopf »

dmnd wrote: post #257
hokua wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I applied to Khan and they told me they have no slots to fill anymore (but thanks for trying...and feel free to contribute in your spare time). I can program in jQuery and know Django -- I sent them several demos directly related to generating math exercises. Either they are getting many applications from talented devs (and I didnt make the cut) or they arnt really hiring. I just hope they arnt using the prospect of…

I can assure you we don't consider turning down applicants as marketing. Please feel free to apply again in a few months - we try to err on the side of caution when hiring, and any interviewing process likely has a large margin of error.

Seriously, why do you advertise positions if you're not going to hire until "in a few months"? The impression that you're making on applicants is that you're just fishing for resumes. Please consider that applicants put time and effort into preparing a cover letter and their resume. If that's how you treat applicants, I wonder how you treat employees?

Sadly, you're not the only one in the industry who behaves like this. I experienced exactly the same thing with Mozilla this year. I welcome that hokua is making this public because that way of treating applicants should really be outlawed.

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011)

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Post by blored »

Dogbook and Catbook (Toronto, Ontario) is looking for a quick learning Developer. PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JSS. Our team is small and we like to move quickly. For more info check out:

http://www.meshjobs.com/job/web-developer-toronto-on-canada-...

$500 referral rewards for helping us find someone.

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011)

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Post by neiljohnson »

bartonfink wrote: post #229
neiljohnson wrote: post #221

London OpenMarket are looking for Java developers to work on mobile messaging/payments platforms. We offer hard problems, lots of autonomy, an engineering driven culture and full control over product delivery from design through to deployment. See http://www.mxtelecom.com/uk/careers/roles/softdev for more details or contact me directly at neil.johnson //at// openmarket.com

Any interest in part-time or freelance remote work?

Sorry, we're only looking for permanent roles at the moment.
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