Need a Python/C/C++ engineer with an algorithmic bent and a strong knowledge of scalable data storage and analysis? Email me at jeremy@finchers.us.
My condolences to you jemfinch, btw, and anyone else from Ning lurking on Hacker News. Not the best day for any of us.
For those who might be recruiting, I am also looking for new opportunities, especially in the Seattle area. I see myself as very much a generalist, both in the sense of technologies and languages -- and being able to pick up new ones quickly--, and in the sense of being able to act as other parts of an engineering staff (sysadmin, qa, etc.) when called upon. If you want more details, feel free to contact me -- details in profile.
I know how you feel -- there were so few decent jobs in tech in the town I wanted to live in, I had to bloody make one to give it to myself.
The entire recruiting team was laid off today, for what it's worth.