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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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Buffer ( http://bufferapp.com ) - Anywhere in the world (we're a distributed team of 11 people across the US, UK, Hong Kong and Sydney). I'd love for you to come join Buffer for the fun ride. We have over 650,000 users and are on a $1.3m+ annual revenue run rate. There are some super interesting challenges ahead, as we are looking to pass a million users in 2013. We are expecting even faster growth in the coming mont…

What does living cost have to do with the value a developer produces? It doesn't make much sense to me why a developer in a low cost of living area is worth less in terms of what features they develop for the company. I say this as someone who lives in a high cost of living area, so I'd be at the higher end of your scale and this is not a self serving comment.

A lower salary for a developer in low CoL area doesn't indicate that a company values that resource less than another dev in a higher CoL area. It just means that the company has to pay less in order to reward the developer in the low CoL as much as the employer rewards the high CoL dev. The equation looks like this:

salary - CoL/year = reward_dev

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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Screenhero ( http://screenhero.com ) - Collaborative screen sharing. San Francisco, Full-Time. We're rethinking real-time collaboration software, on every major platform: Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, Web, even Linux! Today, we're answering the question: "What's the best way to work together?" Tomorrow: "What's the best way to play together?" To realize that vision, we're looking for: * Design Hero - Own the UI, UX and…

Cool product.... excited to try it out :)

Thanks! Let us know what you think.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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Blue River Technology: http://bluerivert.com/ http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/10/agricultural-... Agricultural robotics startup. Khosla backed. Just hired our 10th person. Buzzwords: Computer vision / machine learning / real-time systems / some embedded / lots of mechanical / ROS / distributed systems / linux / C++ / Qt / boost / python / matlab / white board drawing / some tractor driving. We want to mak…

I hope this "Who's Hiring" is a sign of things to come - so many more hardware companies than previous months!

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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My company, SocialPrintStudio.com is looking for a lead designer. we are a small bootstrapped (profitable!) startup in the heart of SF, looking for someone who can work directly with me (the founder) to guide all design efforts across many awesome projects. This will be a hands on and all around awesome opportunity to join a small company while growing. The right candidate will grow our design team and bring a strong aesthetic and voice into our mix and push us all to the next level. Your starting pay will be between 4-6k monthly DOE, and we can offer health plus other benefits and up to 3% equity stake in a company doing over 2 million revenue a year and growing. I'll say it again, JOIN US, or at least get in touch and see what we're about and what we are up to.

ok, thats it for now. check our site and email me directly: ben@socialprintstudio.com

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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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What does living cost have to do with the value a developer produces? It doesn't make much sense to me why a developer in a low cost of living area is worth less in terms of what features they develop for the company. I say this as someone who lives in a high cost of living area, so I'd be at the higher end of your scale and this is not a self serving comment.

If the best developer for the job happens to be in Manhattan or SF, s/he won't take a job paying Detroit or Wichita salaries.

Right, but if they don't produce more than the "normal Wichita salary" then you probably shouldn't hire them. If they produce enough value to be worth $150,000 per year let's say, then you pay them that. If they don't, you shouldn't pay them that much whether they live in SF or Detroit.

If they do produce enough to be worth $150,000, why pay them less just because they live in Wichita? Supply and demand, sure, but it just seems odd to me to explicitly say that you're paying less if someone lives outside of a major metropolitan area. I prefer to be (or think that I am) paid based on the value I produce (value pricing) rather than what it costs to keep a roof over my head (cost pricing). Whether or not this is the case also influences my understanding of how a company thinks about me.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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I really don't think it's up to them unfortunately. As a non-US student looking to apply for one of their internships, I was burned by that too. The regulation in question is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_R...

In that article under "Exemptions and Treaties" [1], it says that Canada is exempt. Does that mean Canadians can work at SpaceX? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_...

I remember mentioning that I'm a Canadian student to whomever I spoke on the phone with from SpaceX, and they said no, but I don't know if they knew about this exemption, or if SpaceX is just generally very broad in this regard to make things easier.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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post #401

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does living cost have to do with the value a developer produces? It doesn't make much sense to me why a developer in a low cost of living area is worth less in terms of what features they develop for the company. I say this as someone who lives in a high cost of living area, so I'd be at the higher end of your scale and this is not a self serving comment.

A lower salary for a developer in low CoL area doesn't indicate that a company values that resource less than another dev in a higher CoL area. It just means that the company has to pay less in order to reward the developer in the low CoL as much as the employer rewards the high CoL dev. The equation looks like this: salary - CoL/year = reward_dev

Sure, but I still find it interesting to make the following observation:

The CoL modification to the developer's salary has nothing to do with whether the company makes more or less revenue as a result of their work.

My guess is that as companies find good talent increasingly hard to find this problem will resolve itself as the remote workers outside major metropolitan areas get bidded to higher and higher salaries.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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Sydney (Darlinghurst), Australia

SiteTour is looking for a full-time developer to join our team.

We're a small startup - currently it's 2 full-timers (1 business, 1 tech [me]) plus some freelancers, advisors and partners. We're building a platform for the out-of-home advertising industry (billboards, bus shelters, buses, shopping centre panels, etc)

Our current tech stack is Java (GWT/Spring/Hibernate), Geoserver, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), MySQL; but it's not set in stone.

It's a full stack analysis+development role, taking changes from requirement through to testing, from front-end through to the database, and also assist in providing operational support for the live site.

We have lots of opportunities that we're working through, and things are pretty fast-paced, so we need someone who is happy to receive requirements that are very loosely defined, flesh them out, produce a design (either in your head, or on paper depending on the size of the work) and then see it through development and testing.

We're based in Darlinghurst (Sydney, Australia) and we're looking for someone who can be physically present in the office, but there's plenty of flexibility (we're happy to have a mix of work in the office/work from home). Sorry, we're not set up to sponsor overseas applicants at this time.

The things we care about (in rough order)

- Good cultural fit. It's a small team so we'll be seeing a lot of each other, and we want that to be something we're all happy about

- A team player who can work with minimal supervision. We're busy and everyone's got a lot on their plate, so we want to be able to help each other out, but we also need everyone to be able to pick up their own work and run with it.

- Happy to work full stack & full life-cycle. One day might be spent brainstorming how we want some end-user features to work, and the next day spent neck deep in code. If you like that sort of variety, that's a good thing.

- Happy to work with our technology stack, and able to productive quickly. I don't care too much whether you have GWT or AWS experience, as long as you're happy to work with it, and happy to put the effort in to get up to speed fast. Obviously if having experience makes those things easier.

In return we can offer

- Flexible work arrangements. Both of us (the 2 full-timers) have young kids, so if you're in a similar situation we're happy to talk about how we can accommodate.

- A chance to do Java development in Sydney without working for a bank/telco/consultancy. Those who work in Sydney will know that there's only a handful of interesting companies, and the rest is big corporate dev work (I know, I've done lots of it). If you've got a Java skillset but want to break out of that world, then here's an opportunity.

- A fun office environment. We share office space with a couple of like-minded companies, and I think it's a fun place - hopefully you will too.

Feel free to ask questions here, or email me

User: tim

Domain: sitetour.com.au

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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Purple Cubed - Covent Garden, London

I'm looking for quality .Net developers and a UX designer to join our team to help us to build a brand new product. You'll get to use great hardware, have a say in which technologies we use, develop using best practices, and get to work in a company that is recognised for being a great place to work.

It's an exciting time to join our well-established company, develop yourself with us and create great software in the right way.

More info: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/uk/jobs/employer/Purple%20C... http://purplecubed.com/careers

Thanks,

Steve K - Head Developer

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013)

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Litmus (litmus.com)

Cambridge, MA | Full-time | On site or Remote

We're bootstrapped, profitable and proud. We're looking for:

UI DESIGNER

Design is a key selling point of our products. We'll give you all the resources and support you need to craft beautiful, elegant experiences that delight our customers.

RUBY DEVELOPER

Plan, build and launch features and products. Work closely with our designers to craft beautiful and well thought out user experiences.

.NET DEVELOPER

Work on our testing platform, alongside our four other developers, tackling problems that haven't been attempted before.

CONTENT DESIGNER

Collaborate with our marketing team to create content that educates, inspires and informs our customers. Show off your broad range of visual communication skills.

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https://litmus.com/careers

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