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Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by xal »

ihsw wrote: post #28
noarchy wrote: post #16

I don't work at Shopify, but I've been grateful to them for allowing many of the local dev meetups here in the Ottawa area to use their fantastic space for our meetings. So I am glad to see things going so well for them.

Another Ottawa developer here. I went to a few OCLUG meetings a decade ago (when they were still at the Main library branch) but I've been meaning to check it since they moved it to Shopify's offices. I think it might be fun going to OCLUG meetings again. :) They're a paragon of the developer community and they host a variety of developer-related events on a regular basis, for example the recent Random Hacks of Kindn…

we are hiring Go developers :-)

Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by visakanv »

I got to speak with Harley F once, and I was blown away by how thoughtful he was. He was very, very present and gave me his fullest attention. It was a pleasure talking with him. I've also interacted with some of the Shopify folk on Twitter from time to time and they're all just lovely, lovely people.

I think a world with Shopify in it is a happier place than a world without, and I wish them all the success in the world.

Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by cinemaguy23 »

bradleyjg wrote: post #21
fourspace wrote: post #6

Great news. Shopify is the one piece of ecommerce software we use that isn't completely maddening. (Having a fantastic API is a large reason why.) I was struck by this comment, though: "Using Shopify and Shopify POS together reveals our true ambition: To be the first company in the world that fuses all the distinct parts that are needed to run a complete modern commerce business - all in one amazing product." If anyo…

Just FYI cinemaguy23 & stevebenjamins you guys are both hellbanned. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2745880 for more info. IIRC, some people have had success emailing info@ycombinator.com to get unbanned. Edit: state, if you don't have showdead=yes set in your preferences then you won't see the hellbanned posts. I don't know about the posts that got them hellbanned in the first place, but the dead ones here…

Thanks for the heads up, not sure what comment I made that would cause that but I don't participate here much so not a big deal.

Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by ihsw »

xal wrote: post #31
ihsw wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another Ottawa developer here. I went to a few OCLUG meetings a decade ago (when they were still at the Main library branch) but I've been meaning to check it since they moved it to Shopify's offices. I think it might be fun going to OCLUG meetings again. :) They're a paragon of the developer community and they host a variety of developer-related events on a regular basis, for example the recent Random Hacks of Kindn…

we are hiring Go developers :-)

My experience with Ruby and RoR is fairly limited, and I have no experience with unit testing (very embarrassing). I'm not sure I'd be a good fit for Shopify. :(

That said, I've recently had a dire need for concurrency on a personal project and Go fits the role very perfectly. It's also a very "clean" language to work with, and I distinctly get the impression that doing things "the Go way" leaves very little opportunity to do "dirty" things.

The Go language designers did a very nice job at creating something quite robust without making it excessively verbose.

Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by ihsw »

eswat wrote: post #29
noarchy wrote: post #16

I don't work at Shopify, but I've been grateful to them for allowing many of the local dev meetups here in the Ottawa area to use their fantastic space for our meetings. So I am glad to see things going so well for them.

Definitely. When I moved here two years ago people complained that the government town image of Ottawa was reflecting on the startup scene and how there were no outlets for those that wanted to talk about their work or the industry. But, in addition to the organizers that run these awesome events, Shopify actually did something about it. AFAIK they will be keeping the lounge after they move to Elgin, which is a nice…

> after they move to Elgin

This has not been confirmed.

Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by purephase »

noarchy wrote: post #16

I don't work at Shopify, but I've been grateful to them for allowing many of the local dev meetups here in the Ottawa area to use their fantastic space for our meetings. So I am glad to see things going so well for them.

I just moved to Ottawa a few weeks. Any advice on finding out more about the local dev meetups?

It's too bad I just missed out on that humanitarian hack-a-thon. Sounds like it would have been fun and worthwhile.

Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by blairbeckwith »

purephase wrote: post #36
noarchy wrote: post #16

I don't work at Shopify, but I've been grateful to them for allowing many of the local dev meetups here in the Ottawa area to use their fantastic space for our meetings. So I am glad to see things going so well for them.

I just moved to Ottawa a few weeks. Any advice on finding out more about the local dev meetups? It's too bad I just missed out on that humanitarian hack-a-thon. Sounds like it would have been fun and worthwhile.

Feel free to reach out to me (email in profile) – I have previously organized a bunch of events and meetups in Ottawa and am fairly connected to the scene. Can probably point you in the right direction.

Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by blairbeckwith »

visakanv wrote: post #32

I got to speak with Harley F once, and I was blown away by how thoughtful he was. He was very, very present and gave me his fullest attention. It was a pleasure talking with him. I've also interacted with some of the Shopify folk on Twitter from time to time and they're all just lovely, lovely people. I think a world with Shopify in it is a happier place than a world without, and I wish them all the success in the wo…

Thanks so much for the kind words Visakan. Always a pleasure.

Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by niamh »

kevando wrote: post #25

Not the move I expected. POS integration has always been a huge challenge so I guess they're saying their online experience is good enough to shift focus away? It will be interesting to see how this move pans out.

I'm surprised to see this fundraise. They have a strong customer base and I worry when good companies get a huge investments like this and how it could affect the future of the company, it's growth, culture etc.

Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million

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Post by TkTech »

noarchy wrote: post #16

I don't work at Shopify, but I've been grateful to them for allowing many of the local dev meetups here in the Ottawa area to use their fantastic space for our meetings. So I am glad to see things going so well for them.

I go to some of these meetups for OPAG (Ottawa Python Authors Group) and have had a blast. One night a table of us were there chatting away until 2AM. Fantastic hosts and a fantastic space in an easy-to-reach area right downtown.
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