Ruby Contestants we are hiring

[Thomas Vargas Jr]

Ruby Contestants we are hiring: Senior Software Engineer – User Interface ( UI - Ruby on Rails )

 

I am a Senior IT Recruiter focused on finding software engineer contestants, not applicants, experienced in UI - Ruby and Java/SOA.  I am interested in speaking with RoR developers to see if you have any connections interested in this position.

 

UTi is a $4.5 billion transportation company that has quietly made downtown Portland, Oregon a major hub for its global Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) operations.  Think of UTi as the next largest global supply chain and logistics company using only the latest cutting edge technology.

 

This opportunity requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in the related field. Candidates should possess: 

• 5-7 years experience developing web applications using at least one complex web Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture.
• Experience with JRuby, JetBrains RubyMine IDE
• 1-3 years experience in Ruby on Rails, preferably in a large, scalable environment.
• Experience with using JSON to transport data
• Demonstrated object oriented analysis and design
• Demonstrated experience with Java a plus.
• Experience in designing applications for a service oriented architecture (SOA).

 Preferred:

•  Experience in developing using a client side JavaScript MVC framework (JavaScriptMVC preferred)
  
• Experience designing and developing international language and localized applications.
• Experience working with UML.
• Experience working in Agile environments

 

Contestants contact Thomas Vargas Jr. - tva...@go2uti.com | O (503) 953 1361 | C (503) 888 7993 | Skype: tomtecrec

Contestants may apply directly online: http://bit.ly/xgVvtd

[Ed Phillips]

What is a contestant in this context? Is it a cross between a
developer and a gladiator? Is it a neologism or a play on words?

Curiouser and Curiously,

Ed

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 01:25:23PM -0800, Thomas Vargas Jr wrote:
>
>
> *Ruby Contestants* we are hiring: Senior Software Engineer – User Interface

> ( UI - Ruby on Rails )
>
>
>
> I am a Senior IT Recruiter focused on finding software engineer
> contestants, not applicants, experienced in UI - Ruby and Java/SOA. I am
> interested in speaking with RoR developers to see if you have any
> connections interested in this position.
>
>
>
> UTi is a $4.5 billion transportation company that has quietly made downtown
> Portland, Oregon a major hub for its global Enterprise Information
> Technology (EIT) operations. Think of UTi as the next largest global
> supply chain and logistics company using only the latest cutting edge
> technology.
>
>
>
> This opportunity requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or
> equivalent experience in the related field. Candidates should possess:
>
>

> - *5-7 years experience developing web applications using at least one
> complex web Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture*.
> - Experience with *JRuby*, *JetBrains RubyMine IDE*
> - *1-3 years* experience in *Ruby on Rails*, preferably in a large,
> scalable environment.
> - Experience with using *JSON *to transport data
> - Demonstrated object oriented analysis and design
> - Demonstrated experience with Java a plus.
> - Experience in designing applications for a service oriented
> architecture (SOA).
>
> Preferred:
>
>
> - Experience in developing using a client side JavaScript MVC framework
> (JavaScriptMVC preferred)
> - Experience designing and developing international language and
> localized applications.
> - Experience working with UML.
> - Experience working in Agile environments

>
>
>
> Contestants contact Thomas Vargas Jr. - tva...@go2uti.com | O (503) 953
> 1361 | C (503) 888 7993 | Skype: tomtecrec
>
>
> Contestants may apply directly online: http://bit.ly/xgVvtd
>

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[Sam Livingston-Gray]

I wondered that as well.

[John Wilger]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Sam Livingston-Gray <gee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wondered that as well.
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Ed Phillips <e...@cronos.net> wrote:
>> What is a contestant in this context? Is it a cross between a
>> developer and a gladiator? Is it a neologism or a play on words?

I'm guessing maybe English is not the poster's native language, and
perhaps he meant "consultant" vs. "FTE applicant". That distinction
would make sense given what (little) I know about UTi.

--
Regards,
John Wilger

johnw...@gmail.com
971-678-0999

[Kerri Miller]

All I know about UTi is you should drink a lot of cranberry juice.

-k-

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[Jesse Cooke]

On Jan 19, 2012 5:20 PM, "Kerri Miller" <kerr...@kerrizor.com> wrote:
>
> All I know about UTi is you should drink a lot of cranberry juice.

I was going to go there but since I didn't I'm glad someone did!

[John Wilger]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Jesse Cooke <je...@jc00ke.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 19, 2012 5:20 PM, "Kerri Miller" <kerr...@kerrizor.com> wrote:
>>
>> All I know about UTi is you should drink a lot of cranberry juice.
> I was going to go there but since I didn't I'm glad someone did!

Yeah, they're in our building and have some offices on our floor with
the company name on the doors. We've been making that joke ever since
we moved in last summer, and it really never gets old. :-)

[Sam Livingston-Gray]

On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:02 PM, John Wilger <johnw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm guessing maybe English is not the poster's native language, and
> perhaps he meant "consultant" vs. "FTE applicant". That distinction
> would make sense given what (little) I know about UTi.

An interesting guess, but I've spoken with Tom and I'd peg him as a native English speaker. (I notice a mild country twang; can't tell if it's Midwest or Southern.)

Maybe he'll follow up when he gets the digest, if we haven't alienated ALL the recruiters today. ;)

[John Wilger]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Sam Livingston-Gray <gee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:02 PM, John Wilger <johnw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm guessing maybe English is not the poster's native language, and
>> perhaps he meant "consultant" vs. "FTE applicant". That distinction
>> would make sense given what (little) I know about UTi.
>
> An interesting guess, but I've spoken with Tom and I'd peg him as a native English speaker. (I notice a mild country twang; can't tell if it's Midwest or Southern.)

Hmm. My second guess would be a spell-checker mishap. If that's not
it, then I really have no idea what he was going for. Perhaps he
misunderstands the current hiring environment and thinks the ruby
programmers are competing for the jobs?

[Matthew Boeh]

"Contestant" certainly strikes me as an easy autocomplete/spellchecker
mixup for "consultant".

[Matthew Boeh]

*coughs* Although I just reread the original post, and it really makes
a point of contrasting "contestant" with "applicant". If that was
intentional, that would be fairly far into "I won't be your dancing
monkey" territory for me.

[markus]

> that would be fairly far into "I won't be your dancing
> monkey" territory for me.

Ah, but no need for such an implement to be! True, the monkey dance is
not the thing for some (admit, we have all had our day!) but for
everyone it can be a source of relaxation, if you let your hair in.

I myself dance the monkey most each time it is offered by opportunity,
or even sometimes make!

-- M

[Sam Livingston-Gray]

I suspect I'm not the only one who'll spend their morning commute trying to spot the Ruby Hangman cleverly embedded in Markus' latest work of art...

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[w...@evanreeves.com]

Just a word to the wise here, I'd be *very* cautious about taking a
gig at UTi. I took a F/T contract position there for several months,
after having discovered a similar sort of job posting from a recruiter
here on pdx.rb. I won't get into specifics about the whole gig except
to say that a solid development process is broken. You will be
pressured into delivering to unrealistic deadlines set by board execs
in a far away land who care nothing for your complaints, all the while
being asked to maintain spaghetti code being written by offshore
programmers.

There are some talented folks over there, but the scene is not pretty
at all.

On Jan 18, 1:25 pm, Thomas Vargas Jr <thomas.j.var...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> *Ruby Contestants* we are hiring: Senior Software Engineer – User Interface

> ( UI - Ruby on Rails )
>
> I am a Senior IT Recruiter focused on finding software engineer
> contestants, not applicants, experienced in UI - Ruby and Java/SOA.  I am
> interested in speaking with RoR developers to see if you have any
> connections interested in this position.
>
> UTi is a $4.5 billion transportation company that has quietly made downtown
> Portland, Oregon a major hub for its global Enterprise Information
> Technology (EIT) operations.  Think of UTi as the next largest global
> supply chain and logistics company using only the latest cutting edge
> technology.
>
> This opportunity requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or
> equivalent experience in the related field. Candidates should possess:
>

>    - *5-7 years experience developing web applications using at least one
>    complex web Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture*.
>    - Experience with *JRuby*, *JetBrains RubyMine IDE*

>    - *1-3 years* experience in *Ruby on Rails*, preferably in a large,
>    scalable environment.

>    - Experience with using *JSON *to transport data

>    - Demonstrated object oriented analysis and design
>    - Demonstrated experience with Java a plus.
>    - Experience in designing applications for a service oriented
>    architecture (SOA).
>
>  Preferred:
>
>    -  Experience in developing using a client side JavaScript MVC framework
>    (JavaScriptMVC preferred)
>    - Experience designing and developing international language and
>    localized applications.

>    - Experience working with UML.

>    - Experience working in Agile environments
>
> Contestants contact Thomas Vargas Jr. - tvar...@go2uti.com | O (503) 953

[Sam Livingston-Gray]

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:12 AM, w...@evanreeves.com <w...@evanreeves.com> wrote:
> Just a word to the wise here, I'd be *very* cautious about taking a
> gig at UTi. I took a F/T contract position there for several months,
> after having discovered a similar sort of job posting from a recruiter
> here on pdx.rb. I won't get into specifics about the whole gig except
> to say that a solid development process is broken. You will be
> pressured into delivering to unrealistic deadlines set by board execs
> in a far away land who care nothing for your complaints, all the while
> being asked to maintain spaghetti code being written by offshore
> programmers.
>
> There are some talented folks over there, but the scene is not pretty
> at all.

Interesting. My office is on the same floor as the OP's; when he
mentioned that they were looking for two more Ruby contractors, I
wondered if they might've alienated the ones they already had. (See
also "Dead Sea effect":
http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-dead-sea-effect/
)

Thanks, Evan, for speaking up.
-Sam

[Moxley Stratton]

I'm the other developer who quit UTi. I worked along side Evan in UI dev group. Evan was a real pleasure to work with. I'd agree that there is a broken sort of feel to the operation there, but my overall impression isn't as harsh. It was still a much better experience than I had at ADP the three years prior.

We had no development manager at UTi. Our official manager was director-level, and I did not see him more than two times during the first two months I was there. Basically, our team development strategy and direction was all ours, which isn't so bad I guess. There were several project managers working concurrently, sometimes one would leave and another would arrive. It was confusing to figure out which ones to include in communication. Working with offshore was a pain, but from what I hear, that's pretty typical. I'm waaaaaay more picky about coding standards and coding style than the offshore folks. Eventually, they stopped listening to me when I asked them to adhere to our published standards. It was comical. The other funny thing was the unrealistic expectations put on project managers. The VP in charge would say things like, "It has to get done in one week, and I don't want to hear anything else." Fortunately for us developers, the PMs were mostly good at shielding that from the devs.

Other than that, it was an interesting and exciting environment. Lots of foreigners in the office, and not just from India (although probably half of them were). Fun people, good devs with solid backgrounds. A couple of devs from our team got to go to India for two weeks to work with the offshore folks.

The job posting makes it look like there's more Ruby than JavaScript, which is not the case. It's about 67% JavaScript, 33% Rails.

By the way, looks like I'm going to make the meeting tonight-- the first time in a few years. My new co-worker, Mike Perham, is giving a talk tonight. See you all there!

Moxley Stratton