[LRUG] [JOBS] Looking for a Ruby developer

[Alex Reis]

Just out of curiosity, which kind of testament of skill are you looking for
by requiring someone to hold a BA in Computer Science? In my experience
there's professionals from all walks of life that end up as programmers,
and the best I know happen not to come from development subjects at all.

It would make some sense if you were building some sort of language,
compiler or development tool, but for a web startup that does events, I
can't see why you'd need someone good in building compilers, creating
languages, image recognition, speech recognition, natural language parsing
or any other sort of reasonably advanced algorithms. Even in that case, the
best people in Machine Learning tend not to come from a CS background, but
either statistics, physics or maths.

Nothing wrong with holding a Computer Science degree, and I praise those
who do hold one, but I don't really see why people put it as a requirement
on their job ads.

Sorry if this sounded rough in any way, my intention is only to incite
discussion.

Kind regards,

Alex


On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Bronwyn Allanson <bronwyn at evvnt.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We're looking for a full stack developer to join our expanding team.
> Anyone out there looking for a full time job in Central London with a
> competitive salary and great working environment?
>
> *About us: evvnt is a rapidly expanding start up providing marketing
> syndication services to event and venue managers around the world.*
>
> Developer requirements:
>
>    - Experience developing with Ruby on Rails and deploying on Heroku
>    - Passion for technology and how to apply it to real business problems
>    - Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team
>    - 3 + years software development experience building scalable web
>    applications
>    - Excellent knowledge of JavaScript, HTML & CSS.
>    - University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a
>    related subject.
>    - Front end developer experience would be a bonus but not a necessity
>    (HTML, Haml, CSS, Sass and CoffeeScript)
>
>
> If you're interested please get in touch!
>
> Bronwyn
>
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> Bronwyn Allanson
> Technical and Operations Manager
>
> T: + 44 207 323 0450
> M: + 44 7905969184
> E: bronwyn at evvnt.com
> W: evvnt.com
>
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