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By: Diario de un PM » Recruiting 2.0

Diario de un PM » Recruiting 2.0 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:32:36 +0000

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Artículos destacados de Septiembre | cambrico.net — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:31:11 +0000

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By: jerome

jerome — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:55:41 +0000

3 weeks vacation…. man… avoid France, we have 5 to 10 *mandatory* vacation weeks…

By: Mark Smith

Mark Smith — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:32:27 +0000

I wish they had an office in Asheville, NC!

The town is really well suited for “Believers.” No big box franchise businesses; lots of small coffee shops; free city-wide wi-fi; and LOTS to do while not working overtime.

-li0n

By: Tony Fabeen

Tony Fabeen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:16:29 +0000

I guess this position is pretty nice…. Unfortunately, they don´t open it for people outside U.S.

By: Obie

Obie — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:43:20 +0000

On the Agile “true believer” bit that some took issue with… We are a capital-”A” Agile shop and apply most of the extreme programming practices to our development process, all the time. I don’t think it has anything to do with mind control. If someone doesn’t believe (yes, believe) in Agile/XP practices, especially things such as TDD and pair-programming, then they’re simply not going to be happy here, because there is no compromise possible on those principles — it’s an intrinsic part of what makes Hashrocket special.

By: Desi

Desi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:45:14 +0000

Social events are not forced. There are several people on the team at Hashrocket who have families and while they are always invited it is understood they have families and would rather spend their time with them. That is completely acceptable and works out just fine. Just as an fyi.

Cheers
Desi

By: Antonio Cangiano, “How Companies Should Hire Developers” « Toronto Technology Jobs

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:40:14 +0000

[...] Cangiano, “How Companies Should Hire Developers” Antonio Cangiano’s analysis of HashRocket’s posting and why it works, and conversely, where other companies fail to attract developers is a good read, [...]

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:55:00 +0000

I agree with Foo’s sentiment regarding “social events”, although Cdr is correct to point out that nobody is forced to participate.

That being said, as a 31 year old I find it a little patronizing that my company would feel the need to arrange my social life for me, or to encourage me to be friends with my co-workers. If my co-workers are nice people, I’ll be friends with them. If they aren’t, then nothing the company does will make me be friends with them.

Obviously there is no explicit compulsion here, but if you don’t participate in the company bowling trip, don’t be surprised if your next performance review contains vague references to you “not being a team player”.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:49:38 +0000

I agree with Greg, I found the “true believer” line rather unnerving. It basically implies that any disagreement on their chosen project-management dogma will be treated as heresy.

That isn’t to say that a company has a right to say “here is how we manage projects”, and expect employees to cooperate. A good team-player will be willing to adhere to established team practices whether they personally believe in them or not.

But to say they must be “true believers” implies a degree of thought-policing that rubs me the wrong way.

On a different issue, I’m forced to wonder how the whole “overtime/weekend work strongly discouraged” policy will survive interfacing with a reality where the demands of paying clients in an averse economy may not be entirely compatible with this aspiration. At best it seems rather naive. At worst it is deceptive.