What is your company's policy on engineers attending conferences?
The most popular seem to be one per year, or 'only if you're giving a talk'.
lancepantz
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)
on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @03:18PM (#30519411)
Bird | Staff Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer - Android, Senior Software Engineer - iOS, Senior Software Engineer - Firmware | Full time | Santa Monica, CA or Remote | https://www.bird.co/careers
Bird is a global team guided by a shared vision: to make cities more livable through safe, sustainable electric mobility. From our first e-scooter ride in 2017 to the thousands of rides taking place every day, our passionate team and award winning custom vehicles have helped riders complete hundreds of millions of carbon-free trips in more than 150 cities around the world. And we're just getting started.
We are hiring for several positions across our Engineering Team.
Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack: https://www.bird.co/careers/?gh_jid=4901166003
Senior Software Engineer - Backend: https://www.bird.co/careers/?gh_jid=4827233003
Senior Software Engineer - Android: https://www.bird.co/careers/?gh_jid=4827387003
Senior Software Engineer - iOS: https://www.bird.co/careers/?gh_jid=4827393003
Senior Netsuite Developer: https://www.bird.co/careers/?gh_jid=4947459003
Senior Software Engineer - Firmware: https://www.bird.co/careers/?gh_jid=4827206003
Senior Embedded Software Release Engineer: https://www.bird.co/careers/?gh_jid=4827089003
Re:A VC-funded startup called WhosHere is trying to steal my social ne...
on Friday June 01, 2012 @03:55PM (#4055402)
He mentions Lightbank is the vc, is it fair to judge them for this behavior? As an entrepreneur it does really put me off.
Re:Bootstrapped GitHub Now Raising a Round from Andreessen Horowitz
on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @04:56AM (#4006951)
Who cares? Pando Daily is a startup, funded by venture capitalists, that covers startups and venture capitalists. I love how at the end they mention that they are funded by Andreessen Horowitz, feigning journalistic integrity. This is just the silicon valley machine at work.
Re:Former Zynga Engineer doing AMA on reddit
on Monday February 06, 2012 @05:15AM (#3556894)
I'm an Ex-Zynga engineer as well, payments team. The guy on reddit is a bit bent, parent's comment is far more accurate.
Re:The Rest of the Story (Yammer & Scala)
on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @04:51AM (#3294462)
Who mentioned clojure?
Re:Why I’m Kissing Spotify Goodbye
on Friday October 28, 2011 @06:17PM (#3170324)
Mog blows spotify away. You say "we", so good work!
Los Angels nosql meetup tomorrow with Matt Ingenthron of Membase
http://www.meetup.com/lanosql/events/17499888/
Hosted by factual, inc - in Century City.In this talk, one will learn about both Membase 1.6 and Couchbase 1.1, which includes Couchbase's supported distribution of Apache CouchDB and Geocouch. Matt Ingenthron of Couchbase, Inc. will cover how both NoSQL systems work and can be used behind applications. The talk will cover common usages of both platforms and give a glimpse into where Couchbase...
Re:Sony: All personal data stolen from PSN
on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @05:46PM (#2487354)
I believe they are obligated to by US law.
Re:I pitched YC, was rejected, just closed a multi-million dollar round.
on Friday February 04, 2011 @03:39AM (#2178825)
just so we're all clear... the goal is more than raising money... right?
Re:ClojureQL - 1.0.0 now in beta
on Thursday November 18, 2010 @06:53PM (#1919843)
ClojureQL forms are composable abstractions. One can let a clojureql query, execute it, do x with the results, add a where clause and get back another set of results-- all without any code repetition.