<div dir="ltr">I know there's a bunch of jobs being advertised at the moment, so I just wanted to add a huge recommendation for getting to work with Hywel and the team at SkillerWhale.<br><br>He's also one of the most thoughtful company builders when it comes to thinking about inclusion and great working places from the outset - so if there are any folks on this list who are looking to work somewhere that genuinely walks the walk not just the talk on inclusion and diversity, and treating people with kindness and respect - these are the peeps to work with.<div><br></div><div>I'm not in any way professionally engaged with SkillerWhale, I just wanted to vouch for Hywel and the team as a great (and kind) place to work, from a woman in tech.</div><div><br></div><div>Thayer</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 10:44 AM Hywel Carver <<a href="mailto:hywelc@gmail.com">hywelc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hiya everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>We're looking for a lead
developer at Skiller Whale with strong Rails and AWS-wrangling
abilities. You'd be our first hire in the dev team, although you'll
actually be the third developer in the company - this isn't a "technical
cofounder" role!<br></div><div><br></div><div>We're trying to change
how developers learn and gain new skills, by offering focused and
effective personalised training that transforms what teams are capable
of. We're a small, well-funded team and we're growing fast.</div><div><br></div><div>And
we have some interesting problems to solve: creating on-demand
infrastructure for each learner in a training session, building ad-hoc
break-out video conferencing rooms for trainers to speak briefly with
small groups of learners, and scaling the scheduling of live sessions
across tens or hundreds of learners and trainers.<br></div><div><br>I think this role is a good fit for:<br><ul><li>a senior developer who wants to step up and lead.</li><li>an existing lead dev who wants to work in a small team where they'll have massive impact and potential for growth</li><li>or a startup CTO who wants to be closer to the code again</li></ul><div>And we're a fully remote company, so geography doesn't need to be a barrier.<br></div><div><br></div>The full job advert and application form is at <a href="https://apply.workable.com/skiller-whale/" target="_blank">https://apply.workable.com/skiller-whale/</a> and you can also <a href="mailto:hywel@skillerwhale.com" target="_blank">reply to me</a> if you have any questions. I'd love to talk!<br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Hywel</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.hcarver.com" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Hywel Carver</a><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000"><a href="https://skillerwhale.com/" target="_blank">Skiller Whale</a> is how developers develop.</font><span style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">I run a </span><a href="http://tld.hcarver.com" target="_blank">dinner club for CTOs</a>.<br></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font size="2">I wrote <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28232614-coding-unlocked" target="_blank">this book</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sodding-Sums-maths-actually-need/dp/0857834452" target="_blank">this book</a>, and </font></span><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">I </span><a href="http://writing.hcarver.com" target="_blank">have a blog</a></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(111,168,220)"><u></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Thayer Prime<br>--------------------<br>CEO & Founder<br>Team Prime Ltd<br><a href="http://www.team-prime.com" target="_blank">http://www.team-prime.com</a><br><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/thayerprime" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/thayerprime</a></div></div>