maxgaudin
Position: Instructor
Operation Spark a non-profit code school on a mission to help people get great jobs in software development. Through immersive programming bootcamps, we train people who lack well-paying job skills to enter into the high wage, high demand tech industry.
The Instructor works closely with a classroom of students across the length of the program, and is charged with both with the students' educational outcomes as well as the strength of the classroom community. When a student gets a job after the program, the instructor is the person they thank with the deepest emotion.
Duties
* Facilitate Lecture Q&A Sessions
* Individual instruction and tutoring
* Facilitate mock interviews
* Grading of self-assessments
* Review student progress across several indicators
Qualifications
* Deeply passionate about our mission
* Expert-level software engineer, especially in JavaScript
* Ability to model student progress and remove educational roadblocks
* Empathy and charisma
* Experience with Backbone, Angular, and/or Node
Job perks
* Competitive salary
* Great benefits
* Awesome, open-office location in downtown New Orleans
Three weeks in at Airpnp
One important advantage instacart has over the in-store experience is the filtering and sorting of goods. The amount of toilet paper or cereal to choose from is absurd.
EDIT: After looking at the web app there appears to be no sorting/filtering capabilities but only search. Bummer.
Ask HN: any restaurant tech startup people want to meetup in SF?
My startup, Sidework, provides online training for restaurant employees. I came out to SF from New Orleans to meet with investors and checkout your city. Please ping me at [email protected] if you work in the restaurant tech space and want to grab a drink. Also down to meet people in general.
NASA Planetary Protection Policy
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Verizon bill pay offering checking before credit card
This isn't new but I love the idea of sticking it to the credit card companies. I wish consumers were more educated about the costs incurred by businesses when they use plastic instead of paper. What other examples have you seen of online merchants offering the checking account as the primary payment method?