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Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2018) on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:07AM (#16967612)
SEEKING WORK | San Francisco area (on-site, remote possible) | Ruby and backend

Hi, I’m Joe. I work with startups and growing companies to help software development teams solve their backend challenges by bringing technical and organizational expertise.

Teams turn to me when they need help

  – providing guidance and mentorship to developers
  – delivering features faster and with fewer issues
  – getting out from under technical debt
  – completing critical projects
  – scaling the product, process, and team
I bring experience in building, changing, and operating large scale Ruby/Rails applications and related systems.

See what people say about working with me at https://firebreaklabs.com

[email protected] | https://firebreaklabs.com

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2016) on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:18PM (#11816829)
Location: San Francisco, CA

Remote: On-site in SF with some remote flexibility preferred Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Ruby, Rails, SQL/relational databases, k-v data stores, background processing, *nix. (Past professional experience with JavaScript, C#, Java)

Résumé/CV: http://hire.joesi.ms/JoeSims_resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Hi, I’m Joe! Over the last six years I've been tackling a wide array of challenges at young and mature startups and larger companies. My experience is full-stack but I specialize in tackling tough back-end problems; modeling complex domains, refactoring legacy code, and quickly delivering top-notch features are a few of the things that I do best. I'm looking to continue focusing on the back-end.

Ask HN: Relocating to SF - Find a job before moving?

I'm 25 and currently a developer for a large company in Minnesota. I plan on relocating to San Francisco proper in the next couple of months, looking for a junior level developer position with a startup or small company. Based on my research on the cost of living in San Francisco, I figure I can live reasonably in the city for around 6 months off savings.I would move out to San Francisco...

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