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<![endif]--> <table class="container" lang="container" dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" style="width:100%;margin-top:6px"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="message-wrapper" style="line-height:1.31;color:#222;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <!--[if mso]><table width="590" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" style="width:590px;border-collapse:separate;"><tr><td valign="top"><![endif]--> <div style="max-width:590px">Good afternoon LRUG,</div><div style="max-width:590px"><br></div><div style="max-width:590px">Hope you're all well. I run a company called <a href="https://links5.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/LSj3U86YQvyW5EgV3?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">Happy Bear Software</a>. We're a Ruby on Rails consultancy that typically slots in well where you would otherwise want a contractor or two to augment your existing team. We currently have availability, with the following members of our team available to work on new client projects:</div><ul style="max-width:590px"><li style="max-width:590px"><a href="https://links8.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/3uRr1o5o11qU3QKZ1?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">Esther Olatunde</a> - Esther is the CTO of YC-backed startup Tress, and since beginning work with us has worked on feature development for <a href="https://links4.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/1ov8f8jiRlfjH6Ppx?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">TPO</a>, <a href="https://links5.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/549Hw11hFnyaIVzLx?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">Happity</a>, and a few smaller startups. </li><li style="max-width:590px"><a href="https://links8.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/eSTO6dgINebiR7k2v?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">Kriszta Matyi</a> - Kriszta has a front-end background, but more recently has been working on a project focused on an automated trading system strung together using Rails microservices. Some of you might know Kriszta from codebar, which she helped organise in London.</li><li style="max-width:590px"><a href="https://links10.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/V5uOfXELK9cTtuqei?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">Hannah Dwan</a> - Hannah is a new apprentice, so we have her doing maintenance/support work while she's also charging through the cryptopals challenges. As she's an apprentice, we can put her on client projects at a lower rate, and only alongside Kriszta or Esther. She is speaking at <a href="https://links8.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/0apFnru4DTVHCF2Rp?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">Brighton Ruby</a> (buy tickets) so you'll possibly run into her there.</li></ul><div style="max-width:590px">If you would like some combination of the above people to help on your team then let me know and we can set up a call to discuss if we are a good fit. In addition, you can have a read of our <a href="https://links1.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/gjFMBXGWAWPo6eofL?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">development services sales page here</a> to find out a little bit more about how we work.</div><div style="max-width:590px"><br></div><div style="max-width:590px">All the best,</div><div style="max-width:590px"><br></div><div class="mixmax_signature" style="max-width:590px"><div style="max-width:590px"><font color="#666666" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Najaf Ali - Founder at <a href="https://links2.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/sqX8Uy9Iqj75elJ55?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">Happy Bear Software</a></font></div><div style="max-width:590px"><br></div><div style="max-width:590px"><i>P.S. I will be doing a talk at LRUG soon about hiring. Do you have any requests about what this talk should cover? Hiring to me is a huge, nebulous topic that threads into everything a team does, so any suggestions as to what in particular you might like to hear about would be appreciated.</i></div><div style="max-width:590px"><br></div><div style="max-width:590px"><font color="#666666">Phone: 07590 073 977</font></div><div style="max-width:590px"><font color="#666666">Skype: alinajaf85</font></div><div style="max-width:590px"><font color="#666666">Timezone: <a href="https://links7.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/N0nQndjLK8vTO6XBP?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">London, UTC + 1</a></font></div><div style="max-width:590px"><font color="#666666"><a href="https://links10.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/gDUKOVQRp5ZaSkAwk?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://links6.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/eOVbSG5NwLAOzUalB?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://links4.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/bxIpn4KK3vJKGc0sQ?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">Medium</a> | <a href="https://links5.mixmaxusercontent.com/rSxCBSBNkaSyYEvDv/l/0tnwzaJceg2RpCm0e?messageId=StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4&rn=gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI&re=icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI&sc=false">GitHub</a><br></font></div><div style="max-width:590px"><br></div></div><img align="left" width="0" height="0" style="border:0;width:0px;height:0px" src="https://track.mixmax.com/api/track/v2/StPVJnLmHzXvFuPO4/i02bj5SZyF2d0Z2bzJXYlJWewBXYoBUasFmI/icmcv5yZ1JHbuMHdzlGbARXYoNmI/gIwV3bydEIzJXZzVFI5JWdSBibvRmbvxkI?sc=false" alt=""> <!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>