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$100k - $150k, plus above market equity
We're looking for full-stack engineers to join our team and help us feed the world. Our stack consists of Python, Django, PostgreSQL, AngularJS, and Bootstrap 3. We move quickly and deploy to EC2 multiple times a day. We're profitable and growing like crazy.
The guy lied about why he was let go and put Reddit in the awkward position of either saying nothing and letting people believe they're a shitty workplace that fires people for disagreeing with management, or telling the truth about why the guy was fired (not laid off.)
Frankly, he brought this on himself by forcing Reddit into choosing between two sucky options.
We're looking for full-stack engineers to join our team and help us feed the world. Our stack consists of Python, Django, PostgreSQL, AngularJS. We move quickly and deploy to EC2 multiple times a day. We're profitable and we’re growing like crazy.
About You:
- You're ridiculously in love with Python
- You’ve got experience with Django or another MVC framework
- You're constantly learning new technologies
- You’ve built and shipped a project that you’re really proud of
- You’re ready and willing to work on the full stack - backend, frontend, and everything in between
Bonus Points:
- You love food!
- You appreciate good design, whether it’s a clean API or a beautiful UI
- You've worked at other startups and loved it
Responsibilities:
- Build customer- and restaurant-facing features to make their experience awesome
- Work on our internal tools to make our non-technical team as efficient as possible
- Dig into our data to find useful metrics or possible problems
- Automate all the things!
To apply, send a note about yourself to tech+fullstack@zerocater.com, along with your Github username, portfolio, resume, or some of your work.
Founders generally have the same class of stock as employees (common stock), and so are in the same boat.
Investors have preferred shares. Preferred shares have a few special properties, but the most important is ‘liquidation preference’, meaning they’re first in line to get their money out if things go wrong. Sometimes investors have a right to a multiple on their money back: twice their money would be a 2x liquidation preference.
One thing to ask about in the case of a company that has raised money on convertible notes. Since they haven’t actually sold equity, but only debt which will later convert equity, it’s worth asking if a given stake is before or after those notes convert.
Generally, if things are going well, dilution isn’t worth worrying about. In any case, the founder will be just as diluted as any employees, so their interests are aligned.
Full Stack Web Developer
ZeroCater makes it simple for companies to feed their employees by sourcing food for awesome local restaurants, food trucks, and caterers.
We help companies build great cultures through shared meals.
We're hiring engineers and sales reps. If you're a foodie and want to work a fun job with awesome people, drop us a line:
- Senior developers
- Sales people
- Account Managers
- Operations Specialists
http://www.zerocater.com/jobs/ Contact us: jobs [at] zerocater.com
Shogun - James Clavel. 'Epic' is the best word I can use to describe this historical fiction. I first read it in 2009 and have reread all 1100 pages multiple times since. The first English pilot to reach the Japans discovers a culture that, while strange, is in many ways far more advanced than his own. The fictional Lord Toranaga is based on the historical Tokugawa Ieyasu, a brilliant strategist who founded a dynasty that lasted 268 years. The book is full of the real Tokugawa's writings, which can be very profound. For anyone familiar with the 'marshmallow test' for determining how well 5 year olds will do later in life, Tokugawa had it figured out 370 years before Walter Mischel:
"The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Patience means restraining one's inclinations. There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient. I am not as strong as I might be, but I have long known and practiced patience. And if my descendants wish to be as I am, they must study patience."
Lieutenant Hornblower - C.S. Forrester. Shogun taught me that reading historical fiction made regular history much more interesting, which made me seek out more historical fiction. This is a series of 12 books covering the career of a British navel man during the Napoleonic Wars. Gene Roddenberry based the character of Jean Luc Picard on its protagonist. My recommendation won't be as strong as these gentlemen though: "I find Hornblower admirable." -Winston Churchill, and "I recommend Forester to everyone literate I know," -Ernest Hemingway
The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell. I found this through another Hacker News book thread. I enjoyed it so much that after reading the sequel I immediately went back and read the first book again. SETI discovers music coming from Alpha Centauri and the Jesuits are the first to launch an expedition to investigate. It's science fiction, but unlike most science fiction, the story is more about the characters and their relationships than it is about exploring the consequences of an interesting premise.
Call Me Ted - Ted Turner. At the peak (before the AOL-Time Warner merger debacle) Ted Turner was worth $10 Billion. His autobiography is a great look into the sort of exceptional personality that creates that kind of exceptional result. Everything from growing up in the south and almost being lynched in school when someone started a rumor that he'd badmouthed General Robert E. Lee, to transforming his dad's billboard company several times until it was a media empire with TV channels like CNN, TNT, and Cartoon Network. Here's a great excerpt from a section written by a friend of his:
"And you know what I’m going to do next after I have the fourth network?” I said, “No, Ted, what’s that?” “I’m going to run for president and be elected.” Now I thought to myself, “This guy is absolutely nuts— and I’ve just agreed to lend him all this money!” I said to Ted, “Oh, Ted, don’t tell anybody else about that, okay?” And he said, “Cuz, your trouble is you don’t understand the power of television. Let me show you.” He pulled a little book of matches out of his desk drawer and he said, “Okay, it’s Saturday morning at 7: 30 and it’s Captain Teddy’s Kiddy Hour, and I come on television and I say, ‘Hey kids, today we’re going to play a game and it’s going to be so much fun. Now, don’t tell Mommy and Daddy, this is our secret between Captain Teddy and you. Now, everybody go get some matches. See Captain Teddy’s matches? Go get some just like this.’” Then he goes over to his window he says, “All right kids, everybody got your match? Go to the window and strike your match and light the curtain or the drape,” at which point he struck his match right near the old cheesecloth thing he had hanging in front of his window and then he flung the window open and he said to me, “At that point, I’d look out over Atlanta and watch it burn.” It was an incredible performance."
Whether or not you're on the job market, you're invited to join us for lunch at our North Beach office. Just email me to mention you're dropping by. My email is a at zerocater.
Employee ratings help determine what gets ordered, so what's probably happening is that people are up voting restaurants more.
I'm the founder of ZeroCater. Sorry to hear you're no longer with us. I'd would be great to get your feedback on how we could improve our service. I'd love to grab a beer some time.