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Zoomer (YC S14) - http://www.zoomerdelivery.com - Multiple Roles - REMOTE

Zoomer is focused on helping high volume delivery restaurants wow their customers and grow their business. We've taken a unique approach to changing the food delivery space - a platform to handle an extraordinarily high volume of concurrent deliveries from restaurants that already deliver (i.e. pizza shops with their own delivery drivers). We are backed by some of the best investors in the world, including Y Combinator, Foundation Capital, First Round Capital, SV Angel, and other amazing funds and individuals.

Zoomer connects high volume delivery restaurants with independent delivery drivers. Restaurants leveraging the Zoomer platform are able to provide a better & more consistent delivery experience for their customer, which ultimately leads to a stronger bottom line. Independent drivers on the Zoomer platform have the ability to create their own schedule & increase their earnings. And of course, customers receive their orders dramatically faster.

We’re making key hires to expand our globally distributed core team. You’ll have a ton of impact – lots of freedom to evolve our processes, systems, partners, platform, stack and apps. We follow strong engineering practices, put an emphasis on testing, and deploy rapidly. Our team is distributed across North America and Europe.

Help us build cutting-edge technical solutions to:

  - tough logistics problems, quickly routing orders to optimal drivers
  - on-demand prediction and forecasting models
  - scalable compute and data infrastructure
  - multiple mobile apps - for restaurants, drivers, and diners
  - range of complex real-time front-end interfaces
 

  - Logistics technology engineers
  - Ruby engineers
  - DevOps engineer
 

Zoomer (YC S14) - http://www.zoomerdelivery.com - Multiple Roles - REMOTE

Zoomer is focused on helping high volume delivery restaurants wow their customers and grow their business. We've taken a unique approach to changing the food delivery space - a platform to handle an extraordinarily high volume of concurrent deliveries from restaurants that already deliver (i.e. pizza, wings, sandwiches, etc.). We’re bringing much needed change to local high-volume delivery restaurants that are still doing delivery the way they’ve always done it. We are backed by some of the best investors in the world, including Y Combinator, Foundation Capital, First Round Capital, SV Angel, and other amazing funds and individuals.

Zoomer connects high volume delivery restaurants with independent delivery drivers. Restaurants leveraging the Zoomer platform are able to provide a better & more consistent delivery experience for their customer, which ultimately leads to a stronger bottom line. Independent drivers on the Zoomer platform have the ability to create their own schedule & increase their own efficiency, resulting in more earnings. And of course, customers receive their orders dramatically faster than the status quo.

We’re making key hires to expand our globally distributed core team. You’ll have a ton of impact – lots of freedom to evolve our processes, systems, partners, platform, stack and apps. We follow strong dev practices, put an emphasis on testing, and deploy rapidly. Our team is distributed across the US and Europe.

Help us build cutting-edge technical solutions to:

  - tough logistics problems, quickly routing orders to optimal drivers
  - on-demand prediction and forecasting models
  - scalable compute and data infrastructure
  - multiple mobile apps - for restaurants, drivers, and diners
  - range of complex real-time frontend interfaces
 

  - Logistics technology engineers
  - Ruby engineers
  - DevOps engineer
 

Zoomer (YC S14) – SAN FRANCISCO OR REMOTE

Zoomer is building a new take on food delivery - a platform to handle an extraordinarily high volume of concurrent deliveries from restaurants that already deliver.

We have amazing investors behind us, including Y Combinator (S14), First Round Capital, SV Angel, CrunchFund, Eric Ries, Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo and others. We’re making key hires to build our core team. You’ll have a ton of impact – lots of freedom to evolve our platform, stack, and apps. We follow strong dev practices, put an emphasis on testing, and deploy rapidly.

Help us build cutting-edge technical solutions to:

  - tough logistics problems, quickly routing orders to optimal drivers in near-real-time.
  - on-demand prediction and forecasting models
  - scalable compute and data infrastructure
  - multiple mobile apps - for restaurants and drivers - on both iOS and Android
  - range of complex real-time frontend interfaces
 

The roles we’re hiring for:

  - Ruby on Rails engineers
  - DevOps engineer
 

Zoomer (YC S14) – SAN FRANCISCO OR REMOTE

Zoomer is building a new take on food delivery - a platform to handle an extraordinarily high volume of concurrent deliveries from restaurants that already deliver (i.e. pizza, wings, sandwiches, etc.). We’re bringing much needed change to local high-volume delivery restaurants that are still doing delivery the way they’ve always done it. Our restaurants and their customers love the service, and our order volume is surging. You’ll make a real impact working to build and scale Zoomer as we continue to grow to new restaurants and territories.

We have amazing investors behind us, including Y Combinator (S14), First Round Capital, SV Angel, CrunchFund, Eric Ries, Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo and others. This is your opportunity to get in on the ground-floor - we’re making key hires to build our core team. You’ll have a ton of impact – lots of freedom to evolve our platform, stack, and apps. We follow strong dev practices, put an emphasis on testing, and deploy rapidly.

Help us build cutting-edge technical solutions to:

  - tough logistics problems, quickly routing orders to optimal drivers in near-real-time.
  - on-demand prediction and forecasting models
  - scalable compute and data infrastructure
  - multiple mobile apps - for restaurants and drivers - on both iOS and Android
  - range of complex real-time frontend interfaces
 

The roles we’re hiring for:

  - Ruby on Rails engineers
  - Artificial Intelligence engineer
  - Data engineer
  - DevOps engineer
  - Data scientist
 

Zoomer (YC S14) – SAN FRANCISCO OR REMOTE

Zoomer is building a new take on food delivery - a platform to handle an extraordinarily high volume of concurrent deliveries from restaurants that already deliver (i.e. pizza, wings, sandwiches, etc.). We’re bringing much needed change to local high-volume delivery restaurants that are still doing delivery the way they’ve always done it. Our restaurants and their customers love the service, and our order volume is surging. You’ll make a real impact working to build and scale Zoomer as we continue to grow to new restaurants and territories.

We have amazing investors behind us, including Y Combinator (S14), First Round Capital, SV Angel, CrunchFund, Eric Ries, Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo and others. This is your opportunity to get in on the ground-floor - we’re making key hires to build our core team. You’ll have a ton of impact – lots of freedom to evolve our platform, stack, and apps. We follow strong dev practices, put an emphasis on testing, and deploy rapidly.

Help us build cutting-edge technical solutions to:

  - tough logistics problems, quickly routing orders to optimal drivers in near-real-time.
  - on-demand prediction and forecasting models
  - scalable compute and data infrastructure
  - multiple mobile apps - for restaurants and drivers - on both iOS and Android
  - range of complex real-time frontend interfaces
 

The roles we’re hiring for:

  - Ruby on Rails and Frontend engineers
  - DevOps engineer
  - Artificial Intelligence engineer
  - Data engineer
  - Data scientist
 

Zoomer (YC S14) – SAN FRANCISCO OR REMOTE

Zoomer is building a new take on food delivery - a platform to handle an extraordinarily high volume of concurrent deliveries from restaurants that already deliver (i.e. pizza, wings, sandwiches, etc.). We’re bringing much needed change to local high-volume delivery restaurants that are still doing delivery the way they’ve always done it. Our restaurants and their customers love the service, and our order volume is surging. You’ll make a real impact working to build and scale Zoomer as we continue to grow to new restaurants and territories.

We have amazing investors behind us, including Y Combinator (S14), First Round Capital, SV Angel, CrunchFund, Eric Ries, Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo and others. This is your opportunity to get in on the ground-floor - we’re making key hires to build our core team. You’ll have a ton of impact – lots of freedom to evolve our platform, stack, and apps. We follow strong dev practices, put an emphasis on testing, and deploy rapidly.

Help us build cutting-edge technical solutions to:

  - tough logistics problems, quickly routing orders to optimal drivers in near-real-time.
  - on-demand prediction and forecasting models
  - scalable compute and data infrastructure
  - multiple mobile apps - for restaurants and drivers - on both iOS and Android
  - range of complex real-time frontend interfaces
 

The roles we’re hiring for:

  - Ruby on Rails and Frontend engineer (Angular.js) engineers
  - DevOps engineer
  - Artificial Intelligence engineer
  - Data engineer
  - Data scientist
 

Zoomer (YC S14) – SAN FRANCISCO OR REMOTE

Zoomer is building a new take on food delivery - a platform to handle an extraordinarily high volume of concurrent deliveries from restaurants that already deliver (i.e. pizza, wings, sandwiches, etc.). We’re bringing much needed change to local high-volume delivery restaurants that are still doing delivery the way they’ve always done it. Our restaurants and their customers love the service, and our order volume is surging. You’ll make a real impact working to build and scale Zoomer as we continue to grow to new restaurants and territories.

We have amazing investors behind us, including Y Combinator (S14), First Round Capital, SV Angel, CrunchFund, Eric Ries, Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo and others. This is your opportunity to get in on the ground-floor - we’re making key hires to build our core team. You’ll have a ton of impact – lots of freedom to evolve our platform, stack, and apps. We follow strong dev practices, put an emphasis on testing, and deploy rapidly.

Help us build cutting-edge technical solutions to:

  - tough logistics problems, quickly routing orders to optimal drivers in near-real-time.
  - on-demand prediction and forecasting models
  - scalable compute and data infrastructure
  - multiple mobile apps - for restaurants and drivers - on both iOS and Android
  - range of complex real-time frontend interfaces
 

The roles we’re hiring for:

  - Ruby on Rails engineers
  - UI/UX Designer
  - Artificial Intelligence engineer
  - Frontend engineer (Angular.js)
  - Mobile (iOS and Android) engineers
 

Zoomer (YC S14) – SAN FRANCISCO OR REMOTE

Zoomer is building a new take on food delivery - a platform to handle an extraordinarily high volume of concurrent deliveries from restaurants that already deliver (i.e. pizza, wings, sandwiches, etc.). We're bringing much needed change to local high-volume delivery restaurants that are still doing delivery the way they've always done it. Our restaurants and their customers love the service, and our order volume is surging. You'll make a real impact working to build and scale Zoomer as we continue to grow to new restaurants and territories.

We have amazing investors behind us, including Y Combinator (S14), First Round Capital, SV Angel, CrunchFund, Eric Ries, Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo and others. This is your opportunity to get in on the ground-floor. You would be engineer number 3 or 4. You’ll have a ton of impact – lots of freedom to evolve our platform, stack, and apps. We follow strong dev practices, put an emphasis on testing, and deploy rapidly.

Help us build cutting-edge technical solutions to:

  - tough logistics problems, quickly routing orders to optimal drivers in near-real-time.
  - on-demand prediction and forecasting models
  - scalable compute and data infrastructure
  - multiple mobile apps - for restaurants and drivers - on both iOS and Android
  - range of complex real-time frontend interfaces
 

The roles we're hiring for:

  - Ruby on Rails engineers 
  - Data Science
  - Artificial Intelligence engineer
  - Frontend engineer (Angular.js)
  - Mobile (iOS and Android) engineers
 

Zoomer (YC S14) - REMOTE

Zoomer is building a new take on food delivery - a platform to handle an extraordinarily high volume of concurrent deliveries from restaurants that already deliver (i.e. pizza, wings, sandwiches, etc.). We’re bringing much needed change to local high-volume delivery restaurants that are still doing delivery the way they’ve always done it. It's a very interesting technology and logistics problem, quickly routing orders to optimal drivers in near-real-time. Our CEO has a substantial amount of experience in the space from his first startup.

In addition to Y Combinator, we are backed by some of the premier early stage venture capital funds, including First Round Capital and SV Angel, and awesome angel investors like Eric Ries & Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo. This is your opportunity to get in on the ground-floor. You would be engineer number 3 or 4. You’ll have a ton of impact – lots of freedom to help us evolve our platform, stack, and apps. We have strong dev practices, put an emphasis on testing, and deploy rapidly.

Our stack: We have an AI backend service that handles order routing, multiple mobile applications – for our drivers and restaurants, and several Ruby on Rails applications for customer-facing/internal services. We’re using Angular.js and CoffeeScript on the frontend.

The roles we’re hiring for:

  * Artificial Intelligence engineer
  * Data Science – roles open for data analysis and data infrastructure
  * Ruby on Rails engineers
  * Frontend engineer (Angular.js)
  * Mobile (iOS and Android) engineers
  * Infrastructure/DevOps engineer
 

congrats, Paul & team! Great progress for an awesome product

The email gateway (smtp.sendgrid.com) and HTTP API endpoints were also down during the same outage period. Seems like it went beyond the public facing site.

Dublin, Ireland -- BetDash.com -- Ruby on Rails dev & Front-end dev

If you're looking for all the great perks of a startup plus the advantages of being within a large company, please check us out and say hello. We're a startup that was recently acquired by Paddy Power and we're continuing to operate as a standalone business unit within the larger organization. We're taking sports betting social and having a blast doing it.

Rails, Ruby, Redis, Sencha Touch, git

More info: http://workwithpaddy.com/

It looks like, though, that the sicp.mobi file is from the original repo (revision date of Jan 10) and the fork that this post points to includes a series of improvements to the text (revision date of Sept 18) that the .mobi hasn't been updated to take advantage of. Thus, it looks like the .mobi needs to be recompiled to include the improvements that @jonathanpatt has committed. There is also a pull request on the original repo that should likely be included in any revision, too: https://github.com/twcamper/sicp-kindle/pull/5

I wrote this advice for one of my departing development interns this summer regarding how to demonstrate your skills to get a full-time job. The bottom line - no one will know your skillset unless you demonstrate the skills plus show that you can communicate about the subject matter to the people you'd be potentially working with. ---

Rather than showing off isolated snippets of code from coursework or contracting work (where you can't show off the entire application), I’d recommend there’s a better path. My advice would that it would be a great investment of time to take a few weekend, create a sample application using the best practices and skills you’ve learned this summer (proper MVC structuring of code, agile development, DB design and migrations, etc.). It should be a pretty straightforward app that doesn’t require a ton of explanation. Host it for free on Heroku or comparable. Place the code in a public repo on GitHub. Create a readme that explains 2 things: (1) how to download and run the application, including all dependencies and commands. (2) what the application shows about your development experience and how you followed best practices. In the readme, include a link to the app running on Heroku.

Then, put a page on your personal site that links to GitHub and explains what it shows at a high level. Link to this page from your resume and LinkedIn.

This will go much farther towards demonstrating your programming background than snippets of code. Why? (1) it shows a fully functional app that people can look at, understand, and even run if they so choose. (2) it shows that not only can you write code, it shows that you can document it and explain why you wrote the code. Finally, it shows that you respect an employer’s intellectual property and won’t go around showing off their confidential code (even if you are cleared to release code / demo the app – potential employers are going to wonder if you had really gotten clearance and if you’d be running around showing off their code and IP assets. Don’t take the chance and put even the hint of that in their heads.)

Most corporate HR departments won’t look at your sample app. It won’t mean anything to the recruiters. However, if you’re really going to go after startups and small companies where the person you’re talking to is almost always the hiring manager, where they don’t have recruiters in the middle, where the hiring manager writes code – which sounds like the kind of position you’re interested in?? – if you can demonstrate all of the above with one prepared link to your personal site > GitHub, you will really, really stand out. I can’t tell you how many "professional" software developers I’ve interviewed who can’t show me the same thing. Do all of the above well and you’re easily in the running for the position.

If you put a few weekends into that – won’t even take that much time to do well – you will be heads and shoulders above 90% of the other students you’re graduating with who could do the work, but won’t bother. They’ll be out drinking the weekends away. If you want to get a really solid programming job, take it from me – staying in a few weekends to do the above would be well worth the investment.

I was part of DreamIt Ventures last summer - it's an excellent program - certainly one of the top accelerators in the country, providing access to a tremendous amount of mentoring and connections / resources. The DreamIt partners put in a lot of effort and are very well connected in the area, meaning lots of useful, targeted introductions, mentors, and speakers. Philadelphia is also under-rated as a startup town - Philly Startup Leaders is extremely active with a wide range of entrepreneurs and there are a number of other meetups, as well. I'm clearly biased, as it was a great experience for our startup, but I would highly recommend the program.

Dublin, Ireland (fulltime, onsite)

We're hiring Rails hackers to join our team. We're a startup team from the US that is working within Paddy Power, an Irish bookmaker. So, you get the pluses and fun of the startup life with the benefits of a 1.3B Euro (and really awesome) company - i.e. no eating ramen noodles unless you want to.

If you're a Rails developer and you're in Ireland, give me a shout to learn more. Email in my HN profile.

http://tbe.taleo.net/NA2/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=PAD...

Thanks for the link - interesting - Liquibase seems very much oriented towards the Rails style migrations.

Clickable link to Stack Overflow question & thoughts:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3133639/how-do-you-manage...

plus the other similar thread on Stack Overflow:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/988426/how-should-you-bui...

Where do $50,000 come from? Is that the cost spent on development or what they think it's worth? Code leaves a lot to be desired...

Whoever packaged this forgot to remove their Facebook API Secret code from the code before posting it, too...

Paddy Power over in Dublin is hiring a couple of Ruby on Rails developers to work on social games in a separate team, startup environment that has the perks that come from operating under the umbrella of a large company.

http://workwithpaddy.com/search.php - enter keyword "Ruby"

Dublin, Ireland

Paddy Power is hiring 2 Ruby on Rails developers: http://workwithpaddy.com/search.php - enter keyword "Ruby"

Check out TechnicallyPhilly.com - they occasionally post some jobs and cover the startup scene - you should be able to find some additional startups linked to from there.

You also should get connected with Philly Startup Leaders (phillystartupleaders.org) - seems like there are always startups on the listserv that are looking for technology folks.

Actually, speaking of that, one startup just mentioned to me yesterday that they are looking for someone. Send me an email at the address in my profile and provide some details around your programming experience and I can introduce you.

The Philly-area Hackathons started as HN meetups: http://www.groupomatic.com/haqsm3vj

We're looking for senior Rails developers to join our engineering team in Dublin. Early-stage startup, funded - looking for great developers excited to jump in and make a big impact on our product. Email me at the address in my profile for more information.

Soundview (http://www.summary.com/) has been doing this for quite a while. Their summaries are decent and make them available in a number of formats.

They do a lot of mainstream business books - there may be an opportunity in offering this product for niche markets or special focus areas.

Thanks for posting. There are some comments on the post on HN here - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1047762 -- the link was changed when I ported my blog from Tumblr to WordPress.

This is essentially what EngineYard does with their Cloud offering and how they've been able to reduce prices recently:

We’re able to provide this new lower pricing because of a new capability from Amazon Web Services that allows us to group all our customer accounts into a single billing entity with Amazon. So, we’re now able to use a single virtual pool of reserved instance capacity from Amazon, and pass along these savings to customers. This means all of our customers get to reap the benefits of reserved instances without the need to pay the reserved instance costs up front. No other cloud platform provider has been as aggressive as us in slashing prices as our cost goes down.

FROM: http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/announcement-engine-yard...

NameCheap + the current month's coupon (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=namecheap+coupon) is usually hard to beat price-wise for new domain registrations

Theres actually a fairly recent (Nov 2009)case where SnapNames was found to have had an employee placing shill bids:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/181731/domain_auction_site_fa...

For the Ann Arbor SPARK program, does this operate as an early stage accelerator program or as more of a conventional incubator?