We're hiring for junior and senior web devs at Flippa. If you are looking for full-time work, or know somebody who might be interested, flick an email directly through to me. Some of you probably know us from Railscamp, RubyKaigi or the regular meetups in Melbourne. We're in the same building as 99designs and SitePoint, in Collingwood.
Everyone's looking for great devs, and of course so are we. But aren't you sick of job listings which say "Kick-Ass" or "Ninja" or "Brilliant" or "Best of the Best"? I am.
We need devs, senior or junior, who want to work in a small but high-class team which gets shit done. We're good at making software and we're fairly agnostic and flexible about the technology we use to do it - eighteen months ago we decided we hated PHP and since then we've moved about 70% of our code to Rails. The two apps share a MySQL DB.
jenkins runs tests for us. "bundle exec cap deploy" takes our code straight to AWS and into production, where it's served by a clever mixture of nginx, varnish, perlbal, unicorn and apache. Around the edges there's memcache, redis/resque, sphinx. No Mongo at this point. Our newer apps are often on Heroku, using Postgres instead of MySQL and maybe DataMapper instead of ActiveRecord.
Your role in this is to slot into the team and build quality software. Mostly this means writing Ruby and RSpec specs, but there might be a bit of PHP in there as well until we eradicate it. You'll probably have strong opinions on tech choices and dev process, and that's a good thing.
You just need to be a proper web dev. It would be great if you were already perfect at Ruby and PHP but if you're good enough we're pretty sure you can pick up what you need.
== About Flippa
Flippa's the biggest marketplace for buying and selling websites. We're very profitable and growing strongly. We have a relaxed workplace in Melbourne, the town with the best coffee in the world. Not to mention some amazing food.
Once a month we have Triple Time - three straight days to work on whatever you want. Mid-year we go away on a team retreat for a week. At the end of the year, we celebrate with a few nights at the beach. We have a great team and we actually like working together.
On Friday, 27 July 2012 at 5:22 PM, Chris Corbyn wrote:
> Hi All,
> We're hiring for junior and senior web devs at Flippa. If you are looking for full-time work, or know somebody who might be interested, flick an email directly through to me. Some of you probably know us from Railscamp, RubyKaigi or the regular meetups in Melbourne. We're in the same building as 99designs and SitePoint, in Collingwood.
> Everyone's looking for great devs, and of course so are we. But aren't you sick of job listings which say "Kick-Ass" or "Ninja" or "Brilliant" or "Best of the Best"? I am.
> We need devs, senior or junior, who want to work in a small but high-class team which gets shit done. We're good at making software and we're fairly agnostic and flexible about the technology we use to do it - eighteen months ago we decided we hated PHP and since then we've moved about 70% of our code to Rails. The two apps share a MySQL DB.
> jenkins runs tests for us. "bundle exec cap deploy" takes our code straight to AWS and into production, where it's served by a clever mixture of nginx, varnish, perlbal, unicorn and apache. Around the edges there's memcache, redis/resque, sphinx. No Mongo at this point. Our newer apps are often on Heroku, using Postgres instead of MySQL and maybe DataMapper instead of ActiveRecord.
> Your role in this is to slot into the team and build quality software. Mostly this means writing Ruby and RSpec specs, but there might be a bit of PHP in there as well until we eradicate it. You'll probably have strong opinions on tech choices and dev process, and that's a good thing.
> You just need to be a proper web dev. It would be great if you were already perfect at Ruby and PHP but if you're good enough we're pretty sure you can pick up what you need.
> == About Flippa
> Flippa's the biggest marketplace for buying and selling websites. We're very profitable and growing strongly. We have a relaxed workplace in Melbourne, the town with the best coffee in the world. Not to mention some amazing food.
> Once a month we have Triple Time - three straight days to work on whatever you want. Mid-year we go away on a team retreat for a week. At the end of the year, we celebrate with a few nights at the beach. We have a great team and we actually like working together.
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Hey Keith, it's not obvious whether your comment is simply word play or a
warning to other devs based on your knowledge. I'm pretty sure it was meant
in jest but that's only because I know you, which others on the list don't.
I think Chris wrote a good ad and was quick to explain the eye catching
subject line. It got my attention.
It's hard to predict how other people will receive comments online but
rewarding responses to participation strengthen online communities. I think
most people fear putting themselves out there and seeing how others are
received influences their decision to participate.
:-)
Sent from my iPhone
On 05/08/2012, at 11:30 AM, Keith Pitt <m...@keithpitt.com> wrote:
Should people only apply if they're seeking a mediocre boss?
-- @keithpitt
On Friday, 27 July 2012 at 5:22 PM, Chris Corbyn wrote:
Hi All,
We're hiring for junior and senior web devs at Flippa. If you are looking
for full-time work, or know somebody who might be interested, flick an
email directly through to me. Some of you probably know us from Railscamp,
RubyKaigi or the regular meetups in Melbourne. We're in the same building
as 99designs and SitePoint, in Collingwood.
Everyone's looking for great devs, and of course so are we. But aren't you
sick of job listings which say "Kick-Ass" or "Ninja" or "Brilliant" or
"Best of the Best"? I am.
We need devs, senior or junior, who want to work in a small but high-class
team which gets shit done. We're good at making software and we're fairly
agnostic and flexible about the technology we use to do it - eighteen
months ago we decided we hated PHP and since then we've moved about 70% of
our code to Rails. The two apps share a MySQL DB.
jenkins runs tests for us. "bundle exec cap deploy" takes our code straight
to AWS and into production, where it's served by a clever mixture of nginx,
varnish, perlbal, unicorn and apache. Around the edges there's memcache,
redis/resque, sphinx. No Mongo at this point. Our newer apps are often on
Heroku, using Postgres instead of MySQL and maybe DataMapper instead of
ActiveRecord.
Your role in this is to slot into the team and build quality software.
Mostly this means writing Ruby and RSpec specs, but there might be a bit of
PHP in there as well until we eradicate it. You'll probably have strong
opinions on tech choices and dev process, and that's a good thing.
You just need to be a proper web dev. It would be great if you were already
perfect at Ruby and PHP but if you're good enough we're pretty sure you can
pick up what you need.
== About Flippa
Flippa's the biggest marketplace for buying and selling websites. We're
very profitable and growing strongly. We have a relaxed workplace in
Melbourne, the town with the best coffee in the world. Not to mention some
amazing food.
Once a month we have Triple Time - three straight days to work on whatever
you want. Mid-year we go away on a team retreat for a week. At the end of
the year, we celebrate with a few nights at the beach. We have a great team
and we actually like working together.
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I gathered it was a tongue-in-cheek comment too, following along the lines of the original subject. It is all just a bit of fun really :)
It's interesting, the stackoverflow careers guys actually got in touch to say they had to double-check their figures as they thought there may have been a bug—the number of applicants coming through the site is much more than they're used to (likely due to the silly heading). We've never used them before, but I can recommend them after this experience. They make managing shortlists really simple and visual and of course, your ad pops up in the sidebar of a really active community of developers, based on whatever tags you associate with it.
Chris
PS: I had replied to Keith's message by e-mail to the list, and then to this, but it appears, upon looking at the Google Groups website, that my replies have been going into a black hole. Google Groups just made me confirm a few things on my account, so hopefully that's now fixed!
Il giorno domenica 5 agosto 2012 15:43:08 UTC+10, Mike Bailey ha scritto:
> Hey Keith, it's not obvious whether your comment is simply word play or a > warning to other devs based on your knowledge. I'm pretty sure it was meant > in jest but that's only because I know you, which others on the list don't.
> I think Chris wrote a good ad and was quick to explain the eye catching > subject line. It got my attention.
> It's hard to predict how other people will receive comments online but > rewarding responses to participation strengthen online communities. I think > most people fear putting themselves out there and seeing how others are > received influences their decision to participate.
> :-)
> Sent from my iPhone
> On 05/08/2012, at 11:30 AM, Keith Pitt <m...@keithpitt.com> wrote:
> Should people only apply if they're seeking a mediocre boss?
> -- > @keithpitt
> On Friday, 27 July 2012 at 5:22 PM, Chris Corbyn wrote:
> Hi All,
> We're hiring for junior and senior web devs at Flippa. If you are looking > for full-time work, or know somebody who might be interested, flick an > email directly through to me. Some of you probably know us from Railscamp, > RubyKaigi or the regular meetups in Melbourne. We're in the same building > as 99designs and SitePoint, in Collingwood.
> Everyone's looking for great devs, and of course so are we. But aren't you > sick of job listings which say "Kick-Ass" or "Ninja" or "Brilliant" or > "Best of the Best"? I am.
> We need devs, senior or junior, who want to work in a small but high-class > team which gets shit done. We're good at making software and we're fairly > agnostic and flexible about the technology we use to do it - eighteen > months ago we decided we hated PHP and since then we've moved about 70% of > our code to Rails. The two apps share a MySQL DB.
> jenkins runs tests for us. "bundle exec cap deploy" takes our code > straight to AWS and into production, where it's served by a clever mixture > of nginx, varnish, perlbal, unicorn and apache. Around the edges there's > memcache, redis/resque, sphinx. No Mongo at this point. Our newer apps are > often on Heroku, using Postgres instead of MySQL and maybe DataMapper > instead of ActiveRecord.
> Your role in this is to slot into the team and build quality software. > Mostly this means writing Ruby and RSpec specs, but there might be a bit of > PHP in there as well until we eradicate it. You'll probably have strong > opinions on tech choices and dev process, and that's a good thing.
> You just need to be a proper web dev. It would be great if you were > already perfect at Ruby and PHP but if you're good enough we're pretty sure > you can pick up what you need.
> == About Flippa
> Flippa's the biggest marketplace for buying and selling websites. We're > very profitable and growing strongly. We have a relaxed workplace in > Melbourne, the town with the best coffee in the world. Not to mention some > amazing food.
> Once a month we have Triple Time - three straight days to work on whatever > you want. Mid-year we go away on a team retreat for a week. At the end of > the year, we celebrate with a few nights at the beach. We have a great team > and we actually like working together.
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The list is pretty heavily moderated, though some accounts (generally those who've been on the list longer) have auto-posting privileges. Hence the delays in some messages appearing.
Also: generally we like job threads to be the original single post, then locked, to avoid too much chatter. Doing that now for this thread - I think the not-quite-serious tone of Chris's original email has been made clear.
> I gathered it was a tongue-in-cheek comment too, following along the lines of the original subject. It is all just a bit of fun really :)
> It's interesting, the stackoverflow careers guys actually got in touch to say they had to double-check their figures as they thought there may have been a bug—the number of applicants coming through the site is much more than they're used to (likely due to the silly heading). We've never used them before, but I can recommend them after this experience. They make managing shortlists really simple and visual and of course, your ad pops up in the sidebar of a really active community of developers, based on whatever tags you associate with it.
> Chris
> PS: I had replied to Keith's message by e-mail to the list, and then to this, but it appears, upon looking at the Google Groups website, that my replies have been going into a black hole. Google Groups just made me confirm a few things on my account, so hopefully that's now fixed!
> Il giorno domenica 5 agosto 2012 15:43:08 UTC+10, Mike Bailey ha scritto: > Hey Keith, it's not obvious whether your comment is simply word play or a warning to other devs based on your knowledge. I'm pretty sure it was meant in jest but that's only because I know you, which others on the list don't.
> I think Chris wrote a good ad and was quick to explain the eye catching subject line. It got my attention.
> It's hard to predict how other people will receive comments online but rewarding responses to participation strengthen online communities. I think most people fear putting themselves out there and seeing how others are received influences their decision to participate.
> :-)
> Sent from my iPhone
> On 05/08/2012, at 11:30 AM, Keith Pitt <m...@keithpitt.com> wrote:
>> Should people only apply if they're seeking a mediocre boss?
>> -- >> @keithpitt
>> On Friday, 27 July 2012 at 5:22 PM, Chris Corbyn wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> We're hiring for junior and senior web devs at Flippa. If you are looking for full-time work, or know somebody who might be interested, flick an email directly through to me. Some of you probably know us from Railscamp, RubyKaigi or the regular meetups in Melbourne. We're in the same building as 99designs and SitePoint, in Collingwood.
>>> Everyone's looking for great devs, and of course so are we. But aren't you sick of job listings which say "Kick-Ass" or "Ninja" or "Brilliant" or "Best of the Best"? I am.
>>> We need devs, senior or junior, who want to work in a small but high-class team which gets shit done. We're good at making software and we're fairly agnostic and flexible about the technology we use to do it - eighteen months ago we decided we hated PHP and since then we've moved about 70% of our code to Rails. The two apps share a MySQL DB.
>>> jenkins runs tests for us. "bundle exec cap deploy" takes our code straight to AWS and into production, where it's served by a clever mixture of nginx, varnish, perlbal, unicorn and apache. Around the edges there's memcache, redis/resque, sphinx. No Mongo at this point. Our newer apps are often on Heroku, using Postgres instead of MySQL and maybe DataMapper instead of ActiveRecord.
>>> Your role in this is to slot into the team and build quality software. Mostly this means writing Ruby and RSpec specs, but there might be a bit of PHP in there as well until we eradicate it. You'll probably have strong opinions on tech choices and dev process, and that's a good thing.
>>> You just need to be a proper web dev. It would be great if you were already perfect at Ruby and PHP but if you're good enough we're pretty sure you can pick up what you need.
>>> == About Flippa
>>> Flippa's the biggest marketplace for buying and selling websites. We're very profitable and growing strongly. We have a relaxed workplace in Melbourne, the town with the best coffee in the world. Not to mention some amazing food.
>>> Once a month we have Triple Time - three straight days to work on whatever you want. Mid-year we go away on a team retreat for a week. At the end of the year, we celebrate with a few nights at the beach. We have a great team and we actually like working together.
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