1. Comp 2. Less toxic as compared to others 3. Slow moving resulting in less pressure (in certain parts)
1. Hires less and only senior people. So no growth path for management and IC. 2. Extreme top down. Nothing happens without CEO's decision making 3. Bi-yearly launches which are better suited for hardware world than software. 4. Lot of super senior people in rest and vest mode.
Solid growth opportunities outside of the frontline team - they do invest in people.
They’re very old school business in some weird ways, including shoddy comp and benefits.
I'm learning RoR and its super cool. Wondering what percentage of codebase used by these companies are still ( as of June 2022) RoR? "Some well-known companies that use Rails include #Basecamp, #Shopify, #Airbnb, #Crunchbase, #Square, #Soundcloud, #Sendgrid, #Pitchfork, #Github, #Yammer, ETC #Slid...Read more
Hey fellow blinders who share the same love to Ruby I need your referrals! Ruby samurai with 8+ yoe, mostly SaaS start ups #stripe #gitlab #github #airbnb #shopify #ruby #rails
Does Airbnb has Go language in the tech stack? (Mostly seeing Java and Ruby based on job descriptions) If yes, what teams are using Go language?
6 yoe with OOP mostly ruby on rails 3 years as tech lead Looking for remote only and decent engineering culture. Interested in companies like - Shopify - Airbnb - Github - SoFi - Gusto - Lattice - Buffer Hard no's would be working with Windows
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I've been reading some posts on Reddit in the Ruby channels and it seems that a lot of people favor chruby because it does less funky stuff under the hood. Chruby is just a script that changes environment variables while everything else changes how underlying commands work (IE cd). I'm familiar wit...Read more
Please if anyone can refer me who is hiring , that would be really helpful. I’m expecting to be let go soon because of team restructure. I have a lot of experience in C++, Rust and Python especially in backend and data infrastructure platform I also have experience with product side as well Ruby/Ra...Read more
Looking for a referral to Airbnb. I believe in the product and like the direction the company is heading. Coming up on 8yoe, cs degree, math minor, software engineering masters degree. Living in the southeast. Full stack all 8 years. Azure; C#, Ruby; react; very proficient with SQL and MySQL. Ex...Read more
Hi all, I'm a SWE with 9 YOE. I have a versatile skillset which includes: Python (Keras, Numpy) Scala (Spark) Haskell Javascript (React/Angular) Ruby/Rails Most recently, I sling python/spark building ML pipelines. I have significant front-end and back-end experience as well. I am looking to make...Read more
Hi all, I’m currently an 8 YOE backend engineer at a small financial services company looking to explore the market and see if I can boost tc and find a new challenge (been at same company for all 8 years). Current stack is a mix of scala, python and ruby but I’m open to learning something new Off...Read more
Hey, hey, people. Recently there was a 10% re-org/layoff in Acorns competitor (investment/brokerage platform), and I was lucky to have around 20 days to find another job. I'm currently located in Armenia but was planning to come to Poland, since I already got a type D visa (PBH) for 365 days starti...Read more
Hi everyone, My friend is looking for a referral to an entry-level position at any company. He's about to graduate from a coding boot camp and is now starting to apply to companies. A referral to any company will do. He does full-stack dev with Ruby on Rails and React. Thanks. #referral #swe #softw...Read more
I have 10 YOE in the backend OO languages, c/C++,Java,Scalia, microservices, AWS, etc. But I’m very curious about iOS development, and more of the front half of the companies like Uber, Lyft, AirBnB. That means Ruby, GO, python, JS, etc. I’m sure I can hit the ground running but I don’t have the ye...Read more
Hi Blinders, I'm entering my junior year of undergrad in CS and I'm looking for any SWE intern or software related intern opportunities. I have a previous 6-week internship in Ruby on Rails and personal projects in C++ and Python under my belt. I would really appreciate any referrals if your compa...Read more
Hello all, Was laid off during the latest wave, and looking for big-medium company Senior SWE referrals. 15+ years (Ruby/JS/Python) in EdTech/Fintech/HealthTech, Social Networks Ph.D. 5+ years Stats and ML. Any help would be highly appreciated. Grabbed this long hashtag list from another post, but...Read more
I'll appreciate a referral for the position of senior data engineer of data scientist at a Bay Area big tech, assuming the following combination of skills and non-skills is relevant for the job: Yes: - Advanced SQL (I believe there are no truly hard SQL problems on Leetcode), familiar with MPP data...Read more
Hi Fellow Blinder's I am reaching out to get your support of referral for any possible Backend /Data/ML Engineering roles had found a suitable role at apple : https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200499627/ml-engineer-generative-ai A quick brief about me Experienced Software Engineering and Resea...Read more
Hi Fellow Blinder's I am reaching out to get your support of referral for any possible Backend /Data/ML Engineering roles at Atlassian I did find a role that matches my experience : https://www.atlassian.com/company/careers/detail/7cf005d0-efd6-4ca8-a578-f71bb0df57e6?trid=1e0b9127-2df6-4b3d-8bc4-d...Read more
Hi Fellow Blinder's I am reaching out to get your support of referral for any possible Backend /Data/ML Engineering roles A quick brief about me Experienced Software Engineering and Research Specialist, fortified with a robust track record in the architecting, development, and optimization of high...Read more