<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="courier new, monospace">Moving on, I also read "Chaps" as gender-neutral, but lawyers and </font><font face="monospace">bureaucrats don't so it's worth being careful how one crafts employment advertisements as these things can come and bite you on the bottom at a later date. I was just trying to be helpful and not critical of the OP.</font></div>
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TBH I read "chaps" as entirely gender-netural anyway - just like I wouldn't assume someone saying "Come on guys!" was referring only males.
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<p style="color:#a0a0a8">On Friday, 15 March 2013 at 10:03, Richard Hart wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div>Really? Just because someone used the word "chaps" we have to drag these links out? What if he was referring to leather riding chaps?<div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 15 Mar 2013, at 09:54, Timothy Benest <<a href="mailto:thb@taskforce.co.uk" target="_blank">thb@taskforce.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">
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<font face="courier new, monospace">Sex Discrimination - <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1814" target="_blank">http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1814</a></font><br></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="monospace">Equality Act - <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3017" target="_blank">http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3017</a></font><br></div><div>
<font face="monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace">if you are an employer, or potential employer. </font></div><div><font face="monospace"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="monospace">T</font></div></div><div><br><br><div>On 15 March 2013 07:54, Hemal Kuntawala <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hemal.kuntawala@gmail.com" target="_blank">hemal.kuntawala@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><div>Ps - by "chaps" I naturally meant "people". Thanks to the person who pointed that out.<div>
<div><br><br><div>On 15 March 2013 07:42, Hemal Kuntawala <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hemal.kuntawala@gmail.com" target="_blank">hemal.kuntawala@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Morning lrug,<br>
<br>We (<a href="http://www.forwardlabs.co.uk/" target="_blank">Forward Labs</a>) are hiring Ruby devs and we'd like to hire smart chaps from the lrug community.<br>
<br><b>What is Forward Labs?</b><br>We put entrepreneurs and developers together and use lean startup techniques to test and create new businesses. We've got businesses in various stages and we're looking for full-stack Ruby devs to help them reach their potential. We're based in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/forwardcareers/sets/72157625905033998/" target="_blank">Camden</a>.<br>
<br><b>(What we are not)</b><br>(We’re not a VC, incubator or accelerator; we invest in people, not their ideas. Everyone we hire tries multiple ideas through building, measuring and learning).<b><br><br>What we're looking for</b><br>
Do you...<br>- have a track record of making amazing things happen on the front and back-end of a web stack<br>- use open-source languages, frameworks and tools like Ruby (Rails), JS (Node, Backbone)<br>- know your active record from your ActiveRecord<br>
- contribute to open-source projects <br>- have a side project that you're really, really proud of<br>- believe in XP, Agile techniques and lean startup principles for getting things done?<br><br>If so we'd love to hear from you. You can apply via <a href="http://www.forwardlabs.co.uk/careers/developer" target="_blank">the form on our site</a>, or reply and say hello. Feel free to ask any questions you might have too, maybe we can grab a coffee/cocktail.<b><br>
<br></b>No recruiters please.<b><br></b><br>Thanks for reading :) <br><span><font color="#888888"><br><br>Hemal<br><b></b>
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