Wanna get paid for working on open source?
Got a job tip for all you hackers.
A week ago, I had an interview with a downtown Seattle start-up called SourceLabs. They've got about eighteen employees and have just celebrated their first birthday. They're a company entirely based around open source--Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, the names nerds know and love. Being a big proponent of open source software myself, I was quite interested to see what it would be like.
They have a nice office, nice computers, and a minimum of furniture. Like I said, it's a startup, and they know what their priorities are.
The interview process was a bit rough, but I got through it. They've got smart people there, I have to say, and they gave me some challenging problems. By the end of the day, I was still sitting there, and so they made me an offer right away... and as extremely flattering as that was, I declined it. I couldn't say why at first. The pay, vacation, and health benefits all seemed wonderful. It was just a feeling, an instinct. After thinking about it for a few days, I realized that I wouldn't enjoy it because it doesn't match what I, personally, want to do. What they do is mainly taking calls from customers, tracking down bugs, and fixing them. They contribute their fixes back to the projects as patches, trying to match the coding style and so forth of the project. I prefer jobs where I get to write entirely new things, and where I have something to say about the design. Also, there was a certain amount of pager duty involved, and my time outside of working hours is increasingly precious to me.
They were rather crestfallen that I turned them down, and tried to change my mind. Apparently they've been looking for good people for a while now, and rarely find folks smart enough to satisfy them. When they realized my mind was made up, they asked me if I had any friends I could recommend. If any of y'all think this sounds good to you (and they do seem like great folks to work with), you'll find details below:
Job #4599-MH14
Job Title: OPEN SOURCE ENGINEER
Location: Seattle, WA
OPEN SOURCE ENGINEER
We are looking for Engineers and Support Engineers with talent and guts. Do you have a strong passion in writing software that works? Are you passionate about not only the code, but also the customer? If so, we want to hear from you. We are looking for an Open Source Engineer who will be spending most of their time working in open source projects, developing features, fixing bugs and helping the community build a better product. In addition, you will help very technical customers solve very technical problems, and help move these fixes into the core codebase.
If you are an Engineer that likes to fix things. If you have fixed many bugs in various Open Source projects. If you like looking "under the hood" of software projects. Join us and be part of the company that is revolutionizing how software is consumed and distributed.
Required Skills:
Sr. Headhunter
Jivaro Professional Headhunters
Toll Free: 866-755-4925
Phone: 408-733-5093
Fax: 408-733-5077
emry@jivaroinc.com
www.jivaroinc.com
File #596C7E180B2A277D
A week ago, I had an interview with a downtown Seattle start-up called SourceLabs. They've got about eighteen employees and have just celebrated their first birthday. They're a company entirely based around open source--Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, the names nerds know and love. Being a big proponent of open source software myself, I was quite interested to see what it would be like.
They have a nice office, nice computers, and a minimum of furniture. Like I said, it's a startup, and they know what their priorities are.
The interview process was a bit rough, but I got through it. They've got smart people there, I have to say, and they gave me some challenging problems. By the end of the day, I was still sitting there, and so they made me an offer right away... and as extremely flattering as that was, I declined it. I couldn't say why at first. The pay, vacation, and health benefits all seemed wonderful. It was just a feeling, an instinct. After thinking about it for a few days, I realized that I wouldn't enjoy it because it doesn't match what I, personally, want to do. What they do is mainly taking calls from customers, tracking down bugs, and fixing them. They contribute their fixes back to the projects as patches, trying to match the coding style and so forth of the project. I prefer jobs where I get to write entirely new things, and where I have something to say about the design. Also, there was a certain amount of pager duty involved, and my time outside of working hours is increasingly precious to me.
They were rather crestfallen that I turned them down, and tried to change my mind. Apparently they've been looking for good people for a while now, and rarely find folks smart enough to satisfy them. When they realized my mind was made up, they asked me if I had any friends I could recommend. If any of y'all think this sounds good to you (and they do seem like great folks to work with), you'll find details below:
Job #4599-MH14
Job Title: OPEN SOURCE ENGINEER
Location: Seattle, WA
OPEN SOURCE ENGINEER
We are looking for Engineers and Support Engineers with talent and guts. Do you have a strong passion in writing software that works? Are you passionate about not only the code, but also the customer? If so, we want to hear from you. We are looking for an Open Source Engineer who will be spending most of their time working in open source projects, developing features, fixing bugs and helping the community build a better product. In addition, you will help very technical customers solve very technical problems, and help move these fixes into the core codebase.
If you are an Engineer that likes to fix things. If you have fixed many bugs in various Open Source projects. If you like looking "under the hood" of software projects. Join us and be part of the company that is revolutionizing how software is consumed and distributed.
Required Skills:
- A passion for ensuring customers are successful
- Deep understanding of the internals of one or more of the following:
- Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, Java, Struts, Hibernate, etc...
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Strong spoken and written English
- Usage of Linux / Apache / MySQL / PHP or Perl
- Application development / deployment experience
- Server Side Java (including one or more of Struts / Tomcat / Hibernate, etc.)
- Deep C/C++ Programming and debugging skills (helpful but not needed)
- Knowledge of software build / patch / deployment processes and procedures (i.e. automake, autoconf, etc.)
- Help Devleop, Debug and Patch popular Open Source projects (and get paid for it!)
- Help Customers solve deeply technical and difficult issues, and roll these patches beack into the Open Source Codebase
- Help develop internal software to make diagnosing customer issues easeier and more efficient
- Participate in pager rotation
- Be an active participant in Open Source Communities
Sr. Headhunter
Jivaro Professional Headhunters
Toll Free: 866-755-4925
Phone: 408-733-5093
Fax: 408-733-5077
emry@jivaroinc.com
www.jivaroinc.com
File #596C7E180B2A277D