[LRUG] ADVICE

Gerhard Lazu gerhard at lazu.co.uk
Fri May 24 08:59:09 PDT 2013


I've just received the very same e-mail a few minutes before you did! Same
wording, just the name is different.

This right here is where our hate for recruiters is coming from.

Oh well, one more for the spam filter.

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On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Sam Joseph <tansaku at gmail.com> wrote:

>  This email that I just got seems relevant to the current thread on
> recruiters.  I'm sure most of you receive these already, but for those of
> you that don't, I get these cold call emails from recruiters every other
> day or so ...
>
> I notice they are starting to mention github more and more, but the
> recruiter gets my name wrong ... makes me switch off immediately ...
>
> CHEERS> SAM
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Ruby on Rails - London  Date:
> Fri, 24 May 2013 15:46:40 +0000  From: Dom West
>   To: 'tansaku at gmail.com' <tansaku at gmail.com> <tansaku at gmail.com>
>
>  Hi Tom****
>
> ** **
>
> Came across your profile on a github and was really impressed how
> passionate you are about development. I wanted to speak with you regarding
> some permanent ruby opportunities in London. I have attached some job
> descriptions above with some short descriptions about them below. Some of
> them are lead development positions and the others a bit less senior. ****
>
> ** **
>
> Although the majority of them are ruby positions, they will also give you
> the chance to learn Clojure/Haskell too if this would interest you. A few
> of them are already using Amazon AWS and noSQL databases, most notably
> Cassandra and MongoDB.****
>
> ** **
>
> *uSwitch* - (part of Forward internet group). Leading price comparison
> website, awesome company with amazing offices in Camden*. MongoDB,
> Aamazon S3, TDD*****
>
> *Active in Time* - Based in google campus in Moorgate, startup looking
> for a lead developer/future CTO. *MongoDB, BDD, TDD*****
>
> *MyMeds&Me* - Pharmaceutical based web app, small company with a very
> fast growing team in Soho (3 ruby hires this year already).****
>
> *Keepmebooked* - Booking website working in conjunction with Housetrip,
> startup in Tottenham court road.****
>
> *Offside Gaming* – Gaming company based in central London working in ruby
> on rails and very agile. *Also use Scala, Groovy at same company*
>
> *1minus1* – Digital agency based in Guildford, just outside of London
> working in Ruby and TDD.****
>
> ** **
>
> Let me know if any of these interest you, would be keen to see you CV so
> we can discuss things further and find out which of these positions is best
> for you!****
>
> ** **
>
> Many thanks,****
>
> ** **
>
> Dom
>
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