[LRUG] [JOBS] Looking for a Ruby developer

[Najaf Ali]

I'm going to touch on this a little more on Monday but yeah, CS degrees are
not a requirement for building good software or even learning about "hard"
CS things. Lot's of developers who are better than me don't have one. I
have one but all that means for me is that I spent three years once
coasting my way to a third.

I think adding that requirement to your job spec might help to use as a
filter if you want to quickly triage a list of thousands of candidates,
though I'd be genuinely surprised if "too many candidates for an
experienced developer role" is a problem anyone on this list has.


On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Alex Reis <alex at alexmreis.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Bronwyn Allanson
>> Technical and Operations Manager
>>
>> T: + 44 207 323 0450
>> M: + 44 7905969184
>> E: bronwyn at evvnt.com
>> W: evvnt.com
>>
>> SKYPE : bronster3
>>
>> evvnt.com - Love Events
>> *evvnt <http://evvnt.com/>| linkedin
>> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/evvnt> | facebook
>> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Evvnt/203929639719809> | twitter
>> <https://twitter.com/evvnt>*
>>
>> “I read the EVENTS presentation, and I think that it has the potential to
>> be the best multi-media package in the city” Scott Schultz, Metro US
>>
>>  <https://twitter.com/#%21/evvnt>
>>
>>
>>  <https://twitter.com/#%21/evvnt>
>>
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