<div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-weight:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi folks,</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm looking for a lead Ruby dev for my business, </span><a href="http://www.keepmebooked.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">KeepMeBooked</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Salary c.£65k. </span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">KeepMeBooked is a web app for accommodation owners (B&Bs, guesthouses, etc.). It replaces the paper diary which most of these owners still use. It lets them manage their bookings, take online bookings, and distribute their availability to places like Expedia.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I've built it so far using some great Ruby devs in Indonesia. It is comfortably profitable and growing steadily, but was not doing anything super-exciting ...</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">... until a nudge from some friends in the holiday rentals industry got me looking at that sector (villas, cottages, etc.) rather than the B&B/guesthouse sector. For reasons I won’t bore you with (yet), the opportunity in holiday rentals looks to be dramatically larger than in the B&B / guesthouse sector.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I've got a plan to reach those holiday rental owners, funding to implement it, and am building a little team in London now. If things work out we could quickly scale by two orders of magnitude, so I need a lead dev to:</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Work with me, the new PM and existing devs in Indonesia to refocus the product on the holiday rentals sector</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Implement TDD & devops practices</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Make sure everything is rock-solid for rapid scaling</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Take responsibility for all things tech in the business (no plans for a CTO yet, so you'd be the most senior technical person)</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Salary: around £65k + possibility of options</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location: Central London</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Perks: No pension, no health cover, but you'll get a nice MacBook Pro, and funding to go to conferences. Plus you'll get to work in a start-uppy environment, but with a clear business model and solid funding and genuine prospect of an exciting, successful ride.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are interested, please reply with CV/LinkedIn profile, and link to your github / blog / etc.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here's my LinkedIn page: </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/brucegreig" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.linkedin.com/in/brucegreig</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks for reading.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bruce Greig</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Founder & CEO</span></p>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.keepmebooked.com/" target="_blank">www.KeepMeBooked.com</a></span></b><br></div>