Victor I see your point and agree with you but Gabe please for future
reference please post jobs on the xpnyc.org wiki instead.

https://www.xpnyc....­

I understand that SIG's are an obvious way to find the right person,
but I believe cold calling job postings will turn people away from the
mailing list. Don't you think so?

I would like to see a more active discussion about general  XP & Agile
skills, job profiles and XP related news and events here in the city
on the list.

Maybe we need another mailing list for more active online
participants. So let's give it a try here:

https://groups.goo...­


Marco


On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Victor <[address removed]> wrote:
> I'm going to answer this from my perspective, not that I have anything to do
> with Gabe's postings, but I have experience with hiring tech people around
> NYC.
>
> The odds for finding good people are better in "focused" communities (such
> as this one, or ones specific to particular technologies). There is a lot of
> garbage on big sites like Monster that attempt to do everything.
> Most good tech people don't bother applying to jobs through Monster, but
> rather are involved in certain groups and networks that interest them, and
> that's how they get their gigs.
>
> V
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 4:48 PM, James <[address removed]> wrote:
>>
>> Gabe,
>> ?? This is the second or third times I see you advertising a job position
>> in meetup.com. I have nothing against people posting jobs here, but I am
>> wondering why not post jobs position on job related sites like monster.com?
>> Wouldn't that be more effective?
>>
>> Sent from my iPod
>> On Sep 12, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Gabe Yarra <[address removed]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm a tech lead at a company called Wireless Generation. We're a tech
>> company focusing on the education market.? Wireless Generation is largely
>> agile, full of very smart developers, treats employees well, and is a great
>> place to work.? Our products are in 10% of schools nationwide, and the
>> company is growing by around 33% every year.
>>
>> We'd like to hire impressively smart people who are strongly grounded in
>> software fundamentals, people who really care about crafting software and
>> learning as much as they can.? We have positions open for developers, PMs
>> (Scrum Masters), and QA.? The technologies we primarily use are C++, java,
>> oracle, python, and javascript, as well as other front end technologies, but
>> there are a lot of different technologies used at the company.? We don't
>> care so much about the specific technologies a candidate knows - just that
>> whoever applies is good.? We are fairly exclusive, using a five stage
>> interview, which means developers at the company are good.? It also means we
>> don't accept the vast majority of applicants.
>>
>> There are a bunch of bragging rights at the company, like our head DBA
>> wrote the O'Reilly SQL Cookbook, teamwork and a good attitude are a core
>> part of our company culture, the office is on the top floor with decks, free
>> juice and soda, a young and West-Coast feel to the company, etc. Overall
>> this is a great place to work.
>>
>> If you're interested in applying, please contact me directly so I can
>> answer any questions you may have and refer you to our HR dept.
>>
>> And fyi, I've been a member of the XP Meetup for about a year.
>>
>> Thank You,
>> Gabe
>>
>>
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