Rails - Aug 2006 - Programmer Needed For a Game Development Project

Programmer is responsible for writing Ruby on Rails code which will interact
with both MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, Memcached, and paypal. Additional
skills required are advanced Javascript, XHTML, and CSS knowledge. You will be
working with other programmers to finish the project which is already in active
development. Programmers with experience working on high traffic websites (5+
million pages views per day) is a plus. Job requires a minimum commitment of 30
hours per week. Applicant must type faster than 80 wpm and be fluent in both
written and verbal english. AIM and Skype contacts are required. In closing, we
would like someone who is reliable, can work well in a group setting, and
doesn''t mind a challenge.

If you think you''re the right person for the job, email
jobs@digitalagemedia.net with a resume, AIM and Skype screen names.

Thank You.
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2006, Adam Michaels wrote:

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> Applicant must type faster than 80 wpm...
... Seriously?  You''re joking, right?  What difference could that
possibly make?  I can understand requiring certain skills, but typing
speed?  For a programmer?

I''m sure I''m not the only one who would immediately pass on
any job
posting/offer that required a certain typing speed.

Ben

>> Applicant must type faster than 80 wpm...
>
> ... Seriously?  You''re joking, right?
No.  Of course we''re not joking.  Our company exists within a very 
competitive market place.  We are comitted to continuous improvement and 
everyone knows "you can''t manage what you can''t
measure."  And since
measurement is hard, and our managers are so very busy, we''ve decided
to
measure the ''low hanging fruit'' our wilting tape measures can
reach.   Might
not want to stand too close to that apple ''young fella''  ;-)

On Tue Aug 15, 2006 at 07:41:22PM -0500, Bill Walton
wrote:
> 
> >>Applicant must type faster than 80 wpm...
> >
> >... Seriously?  You''re joking, right?
> 
> No.  Of course we''re not joking.  Our company exists within a very
competitive market place.  We are comitted to continuous improvement and
> everyone knows "you can''t manage what you can''t
measure."  And since measurement is hard, and our managers are so very
busy, we''ve decided to
> measure the ''low hanging fruit'' our wilting tape measures
can reach.
let me guess. you also measure your programmers by how many lines of code they
write..and it''s not an inverse relationship..

i find it funny when recruiters call me and ask, so how many lines fo 
code have you written?

like it doesnt matter if i write a hundred lines of an advanced 
algorithm to solve some complex problem vs writing thousands of gets and 
set statements. lol

carmen wrote:
> On Tue Aug 15, 2006 at 07:41:22PM -0500, Bill Walton wrote:
>> 
>> >>Applicant must type faster than 80 wpm...
>> >
>> >... Seriously?  You''re joking, right?
>> 
>> No.  Of course we''re not joking.  Our company exists within a
very competitive market place.  We are comitted to continuous improvement and
>> everyone knows "you can''t manage what you can''t
measure."  And since measurement is hard, and our managers are so very
busy, we''ve decided to
>> measure the ''low hanging fruit'' our wilting tape
measures can reach.
> 
> let me guess. you also measure your programmers by how many lines of 
> code they write..and it''s not an inverse relationship..

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as a contractor, the more lines of code you wrote, the more you got
paid...which is why bill gates went..WTF...the less memory my app uses the
less I get paid??? screw that 10,000,000 lines of code it is...

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On 8/16/06, koloa <jessica@hotmail.net> wrote:
>
>
> i find it funny when recruiters call me and ask, so how many lines fo
> code have you written?
>
> like it doesnt matter if i write a hundred lines of an advanced
> algorithm to solve some complex problem vs writing thousands of gets and
> set statements. lol
>
> carmen wrote:
> > On Tue Aug 15, 2006 at 07:41:22PM -0500, Bill Walton wrote:
> >>
> >> >>Applicant must type faster than 80 wpm...
> >> >
> >> >... Seriously?  You''re joking, right?
> >>
> >> No.  Of course we''re not joking.  Our company exists
within a very
> competitive market place.  We are comitted to continuous improvement and
> >> everyone knows "you can''t manage what you
can''t measure."  And since
> measurement is hard, and our managers are so very busy, we''ve
decided to
> >> measure the ''low hanging fruit'' our wilting tape
measures can reach.
> >
> > let me guess. you also measure your programmers by how many lines of
> > code they write..and it''s not an inverse relationship..
>
>
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Adam Michaels wrote:
> Programmer is responsible for writing Ruby on Rails code which will 
> interact with both MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, Memcached, and 
> paypal. Additional skills required are advanced Javascript, XHTML, and 
> CSS knowledge. You will be working with other programmers to finish the 
> project which is already in active development. Programmers with 
> experience working on high traffic websites (5+ million pages views per 
> day) is a plus. Job requires a minimum commitment of 30 hours per week. 
> Applicant must type faster than 80 wpm and be fluent in both written and 
> verbal english. AIM and Skype contacts are required. In closing, we 
> would like someone who is reliable, can work well in a group setting, 
> and doesn''t mind a challenge.
> 
> If you think you''re the right person for the job, email 
> jobs@digitalagemedia.net with a resume, AIM and Skype screen names.
> 
> Thank You.
80 wpm ... what a maroon! LOL

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