We had a bunch of IPs for each of our servers to get around some of their auto-blocking stuff. Eventually we got approval from AIM but that was fairly late. You're right in that we had crazy-impressive web UI but the backend was also unique in that we had a process running for every logged in user (and eventually we had a process running for every user who was running the iOS app)
Are you me? I had the exact two same issues when I was at Yahoo (2005-2007) basically due to Jerry & Filo. Somehow happy to know that I wasn't the only one :)
I clicked just because I was curious and then discovered that this company is founded by someone I went to high school with and haven't seen if 13 years. Small world.
In 11 years I've only worked with two that I thought were great. But those two have convinced me that they can add a tremendous amount of value.
Think of them as oil in an engine. The best ones know how to communicate extremely well, are paragons of organization, and know how to facilitate decision making.
What was the background of the two great project managers you worked with? Had they always been project managers or did they transition from some other discipline?
I'm not personally a fan of GLib but I know lots of people who are better and more experienced C developers than I am that are; you could do a lot worse than to simply adopt GLib.
I've gone from first contact to first day in 5 (monday -> monday). I think it's imperative that you work quickly when it comes to candidates. Do your due diligence and when a candidate is in the office give them your time and attention. I have found that if you do that, it's easy to make an offer after one day interview.
Not necessarily true. I 'attended' college for 4.5 years, completed 140% of the required credits to graduate but I'm technically 3 classes shy of my degree. I left school in 2003.
Suffice it to say, I don't think has_degree can be implemented as a one-liner.
That's true of many things, and often those that can shouldn't. It does, however, capture the sentiment of those who believe that not having a Bachelors degree renders you an unemployable member of the lowest castes of society.
Have you read the who is hiring thread? More and more companies are okay with remote workers. Anecdotally I hired a guy recently who is remote. I don't want to comment on his salary ... but i wouldn't be typing this if it were less.
I'm the CTO of a startup being funded by Airtel (largest mobile telephone provider in India) and Softbank trying to attack the mobile application landscape in India. I was so excited about this I moved to New Delhi from San Francisco :).
In particular, we'll be building a free messaging solution for mobile phones. Expect to work on systems w/ millions of concurrent connections, iOS, Android and other mobile application environments. If you're looking for a startup in India in this space contact me @ vr@bsb.in
Mountain View, CA San Francisco, CA New York City, NYC
Meebo
Work on projects that reach over 185+ million users a month. remote work is totally cool as well. Check out a list of all of our jobs here http://www.meebo.com/jobs/
