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Flexa | https://flexa.co/ | Staff UI Engineer | NYC, Chicago, Remote (global)

Flexa allows merchants to take payments in cryptocurrency at point of sale and online. Today, you can use Flexa at merchants such as Chipotle, Gamestop, and Ulta Beauty.

We are seeking a talented, intuitive, and experienced Staff User Interface Engineer to join our nimble product delivery team, working closely with our product leaders, designers, and software engineers.

Salary range: $220k - $250k

Apply at: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=414345267...

Flexa | Remote, NYC, Chicago | Staff User Interface Engineer - https://flexa.co/

Flexa allows merchants to take payments in cryptocurrency at point of sale and online. Today, you can use Flexa at merchants such as Chipotle, Gamestop, and Ulta Beauty.

We are looking for a talented, intuitive, and experienced Staff UI Engineer to join our nimble product delivery team, working closely with our product leaders, designers, and software engineers.

Salary range: $210k - $250k

Apply at: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=414345267...

I hired a Dev Bootcamp grad back in 2012. We hired him into our apprenticeship program, which leveled him up to our junior developer standards within 6 months. I was really impressed with the combination of soft skills and software skills he came with.

I was so impressed from this experience with Dev Bootcamp that I quit my job, joined Dev Bootcamp, and launched Dev Bootcamp in Chicago.

The only way we kept the initial male attendance down was to delay promoting the event through men.

There's definitely some "patting ourselves of our backs" going on here. I was surprised and proud that we surpassed the ratio that we set for ourselves. I figured I'd share what worked for us.

Getting more women to show up may be the easiest part of "changing the ratio". We have lots of other work to do in order to make this stick, which includes working with employers to ensure our students, regardless of gender, are successful after they're hired.

I want to change the ratio in web development because my goal in life is to unleash latent human potential. It pisses me off when people don't, or can't, live up to their potential. I believe that the gross underrepresentation of women in software represents a ton of latent human potential, because I also believe that women a) are capable of creating great software, and b) want to.

Disclaimer: I'm the founder of Dev Bootcamp Chicago.

Tough to argue at this point that there isn't participant bias. Time will tell, particularly as we increase the number of participants in 2013. I've spent a significant amount of time at several different programs like Dev Bootcamp and found it to be the most effective program out there. It is truly immersive with students spending 80-100+ hours/week in the trenches with over 40 hours/week of structured learning. More thoughts at: http://nuts.redsquirrel.com/post/37111323801/of-feet-doors-a...

My advice to a good programmer who wants to be great is to spend as much time with great programmers as possible. Consider an apprenticeship program, or create your own apprenticeship with mentors, conferences, tons of practice, and tons of reading. If you're already good, everything you need to be great is accessible and cheap, you simply need to focus your efforts and work hard at learning to be great.

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