Ruby on Rails companies in North West

[bena...@gmail.com]

Hi guys,

You may remember me posting about freelance rates a week or two ago.
Well unfortunately that fell through :(

Can anyone help me compile a list of companies that do Ruby on Rails
work in Manchester and the surrounding area. Maybe ones that work with
freelancers.

My current list is: Star Dot Star, Setfire Media and On the Beach.

Also any leads you could throw my way would be great
(bena...@gmail.com) No recruitment consultants please! or if you
need the services of a good Ruby developer check out http://benaldred.co.uk/hire-me

I'll see you at the MagRails social on Thursday

cheers,

Ben

[Sean Handley]

Hi Ben

We (On The Beach) are after full time Ruby devs ideally. If you're
interested in an interview then drop me your cv.

Cheers,
Sean

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[Ben Aldred]

Cheers Sean, Do you work with freelancers? I was ideally looking for a freelance or contracting gig

[Jim Neath]

Engine Yard are looking for another remote EU Application Support Engineer yo

Cheers,

Jim

[Ben Aldred]

Not sure my Sys. admin skillz are up to that but will bear it in mind.

[Sean Handley]

We do work with people on a contractor basis but not sure what this recruitment drive is looking for. I suspect they'll consider contracting if you spend a set amount of days per week in the office.

Sean

[Paul Ingham]

We're currently only seeking permanent employees rather than contractors. 

[Ian M]

Hey Ben,

Should be able to tell you about the consulting related role on
Thursday - though it is multi-language & permie so may not suite, but
it is central Manchester based and includes RoR.

I'm guessing you know about the beeb Cucumber / test related role.
That looks like it might get advertised very soon.

There's also the sweat equity oppurtunity for equity role I mention -
though I'm guessing you've got travel debts to pay off, so that still
may not suite.

Oh Bytemark were advertising for a Ruby role too: http://t.co/QPDKhH3

Have you thought about teaming up with another freelancer and
approaching some of the bigger stateside outfits and seeing if they'd
outsource to a team in Manchester? Or closer to home there's some
companies in London that seem over worked, so I could put you in touch
with those I know down that way, and maybe they'd be ok with you up in
Manchester most of the time - London's only 2 hours on the train these
days after all :) Perhaps one of the Startup Milk Roundabout opps
could be done with a.n.other up in Manchester?

Hth helps - I know Sam is also looking for a role that may include
Ruby, so perhaps he can update you after his search is complete as
well :)

Ian.
http://twitter.com/oceanician

[Paul Robinson]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:18 PM, bena...@gmail.com <bena...@gmail.com> wrote:

My current list is: Star Dot Star, Setfire Media and On the Beach.

Seriously? That list is rather short. Laughably short considering the use of Ruby I know of in the North West.

We (Stratajet) are going to be looking in a month or two for full-time roles (we're doing another funding round at the moment), and I know Bytemark are currently looking:

http://www.bytemark.co.uk/company/work_for_us/ruby_programmer

I also know of about a dozen agencies that use Ruby regularly (and will use freelancers) and at least a dozen more companies that are currently fully staffed.

More importantly though, why look just in the North West? There has been a huge number of Ruby jobs out there that are up for telecommute, and if you're a late riser I can confirm that working to EST hours can be quite comfortable. :-)

Also, don't discount oDesk - unlike many sites in that niche, decent rates are available and there is plenty of work. I particularly would encourage doing the Ruby "test" (it's easy to get in the top 20%) and then you can normally pick up work at £200-£300/day equivalent rates without too much work. It'll take you a couple of weeks of applying to get something, but you will almost certainly get something.

I'd also advise having a few copies of your CV with you if you're going to Magrails this week and that you work the room a little.

Either way, I know there are far more than 3 companies in the whole of the North West using Ruby, and *way* more opportunities than the three you have identified if you're prepared to think a bit creatively!

[Patrick J Cherry]

On Tue 11 Oct 2011 at 00:40, Ian M wrote:
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> Oh Bytemark were advertising for a Ruby role too: http://t.co/QPDKhH3

Which could be done from our office in Hulme if desired!

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[Ben Aldred]

Patrick - I was looking for a freelance job really, have you put the job up on the geekup jobboard? http://jobboard.geekup.org Not sure how good it is.

Paul - Sorry my list is so small and laughable. I just don't know who does Ruby around the Northwest. I am sure there are many opportunities, but I have been out of the country for 6 months+ and am not as 'in the know' as other people on this list. Hence why I was asking here.

I may investigate your tip about oDesk and unfortunately I cannot make MagRails, but I will be at the NWRUG social with CVs

[Ric Roberts]

Hi Ben. My company (Swirrl) has used Rails freelancers in the past for bigger projects. I don't need anyone right now, but might do if some stuff comes off - let's chat at the NWRUG social tomorrow :)

[Ben Aldred]

Hi Rik - see you tomorrow

On 12 October 2011 10:24, Ric Roberts <r...@swirrl.com> wrote:

Hi Ben. My company (Swirrl) has used Rails freelancers in the past for bigger projects. I don't need anyone right now, but might do if some stuff comes off - let's chat at the NWRUG social tomorrow :)

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