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Because people often ask, these threads do work. I got in touch with http://romotive.com after seeing them post in one, and am currently packing up to move to Las Vegas and go work on robots (!) with a great team of kindred spirits, only a few weeks after I first sent them a letter.

Good luck to searchers on both sides in finding your own perfect fit.

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I'm somewhat curious as to how much ageism is prevalent in these opportunities. From what I've seen, a large percentage of the staff/lifestyle pics associated with these companies show an endless sea of smiling employees in their late 20s & early 30s. Is there room for devs beyond that age?

How shall I put this - just as A people hire other A people, twenty-somethins hire other twenty-somethigs.

One of the things as a guy starting up in his 40s I know how much even a brilliant graduate must be taught and trained and mentored. Whereas a person with 15 or more years under thier belt just needs to be inspired

this is not to say there are not exceptions, but the younger the founder the younger the median age under him/her tends to be, based at least on personal experience.

I am pleased HN has opened up entrepreneurship to people otherwise would have taken the corporate path. Now let's see if we can push the only glass ceiling that lies behind us

I haven't feel any of that among the companies I've contacted. I've been pretty selective about whom I've contacted, so there may be some selection bias there. But my choice has always been based on product/position fit, not on employee age. And HN has by far been the best source for things I'm interested in.

I'll admit I often consciously choose to wear my XKCD hoodie when I meet people for the first time. Not that I don't wear it a lot anyway, but ...

I kind of feel like Steve was sort of an existence proof that age no longer represents the cultural divide it might have at another time.

I am 25, so there's not much information for you to work with from me getting hired. At my previous startup, I was the youngest (straight out of uni); three other employees had children approaching my age. At Romotive, I look to be just about middle of the pack. A fair number of the people know each other from school, which contributes to a narrow spread.

I will echo that this thread works.

We work with a lot of recruiters and by far the most qualified candidates come from HN. We've hired 25% (i.e. 1 person) of our team so far from HN and I'd expect that number to increase to 50% over time.

I'll add in another datapoint, I got in touch with Fitocracy due to a who's hiring thread in May and I have spent the last few months of my life working in NYC with an amazing crew and loving it.

Thanks for the shout out Patrick! Looking forward to having you here.

Others: Romotive is hiring software engineers (iOS experience preferred), graphical designers, and robot geeks from all over!

Here's the pitch:

We’re a team of nerds who grew up tinkering with robots. We’re out to put a robot in every home by combining the power of the smartphone with a flexible robotic base.

Our first product, Romo, is a smartphone powered robot that allows you to video chat with someone across the world. You can also customize his behavior through a graphical programming interface, and extend his capabilities through an easy-to-use API. Teaching Romo new things is as easy as updating an app.

We’re well-funded by an awesome team of investors including the likes of Tony Hsieh, Lerer Ventures, David Cohen, Techstars, David Tisch, and Lightspeed.

Interested? Email: founders+hn@romotive.com and tell us about cool things you've built.

looks like an awesome place to be. Congrats.

Heads up, the image used for iOS SDK is the wrong one: http://romotive.com/developers

hey djb_hackernews, thanks for catching that. We had this issue logged for Firefox but no one got around to it. I fixed that for you.

Welcome to VegasTech!

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