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ashchristopheron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)

Wave | Toronto, Canada | Fulltime | Onsite

Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors ($60+ million USD raised). We build an ecosystem of financial applications for startups and small businesses. We currently have openings on our engineering and platform engineering teams:

At Wave you will:

    * Build scalable, fault-tolerant, tested, API-centric backend services in Ruby or Python
    * Use proven modern technologies to power financial grade distributed systems
    * Participate in architecture conversations, code reviews, and pair programming
    * Build rich user-centric experiences for businesses using modern front-end technologies (we use ReactJS)
    * Investigate and implement new technologies like GraphQL

What we offer:

    * Top tier compensation
    * Formal mentorship and career development
    * Unlimited snacks and beverages
    * Vibrant neighbourhood, ping pong, Xbox, rooftop patio, BBQ parties, and game nights
    * 5-star Glassdoor review (https://www.glassdoor.ca/Overview/Working-at-WAVE-EI_IE554319.11,15.htm)

In the press:

    * http://betakit.com/wave-raises-14-6-million-with-goal-to-grow-team-to-150-and-continue-mobile-development/

Apply here: https://www.waveapps.com/careers and mention Hacker News in the submission!

ashchristopheron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

Hi Evert - Director of Engineering @ Wave here - I didn't see your application in our system. Would you mind submitting again?

ashchristopheron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2016)

Wave (https://waveapps.com) | Toronto, Canada | Fulltime

Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors ($42million USD raised). We build an ecosystem of back-office applications (like invoicing, payments, accounting, payroll, etc) for startups and small businesses.

Wave has a variety of job opening available, including (Web) Software Developer, Mobile Engineer, Ops Engineer, etc. To see all job posting, visit https://wave.bamboohr.co.uk/jobs/

On the mobile team you will:

* Build native mobile applications for iOS and Android using React Native and Javascript

* Develop the standards, tools that will shape how Wave builds mobile products.

* Build applications used by thousands of small businesses.

On the web team you will:

* Develop web services using Python.

* Build distributed, event passing architecture to facilitate payments processing.

* Contribute to a team that processes hundreds of millions of dollars in payments.

What makes working here awesome:

* Solving hard problems

* Entrepreneurial culture

* Culture of transparency; learn first-hand how to do a startup.

* Competitive compensation, including stock options and health benefits.

* Work with Alumni from Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Thoughtworks.

ashchristopheron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016)

Wave | Toronto, Canada | Fulltime Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors ($42million USD raised). We build an ecosystem of back-office applications (like invoicing, payments, accounting, payroll, etc) for startups and small businesses.

  At Wave you will:
    * Build and maintain Wave’s hosting and data infrastructure, following infrastructure-as-code principles
    * Develop and share expertise in the our products and platforms, and use that knowledge to increase performance, availability, and observability
    * Work with delivery teams to understand their operational wants and needs
    * Develop tooling to support continuous delivery, rapid deployment, and developer empowerment
    * Take on both coding and system administration tasks
    * Participate in an on-call rotation, including off-hours and holidays
    * Show and live our team values of cooperation, continuous improvement, automation, cross-functional thinking, and empathy

  What we're looking for in you:
    * Comfort working on the command line and using common Linux tools (incl. shell scripting)
    * Experience with Linux system administration and configuration, especially on Ubuntu and/or CentOS
    * Familiarity with configuration management tools and concepts
    * Knowledge of fundamental operating systems and networking concepts – HTTP, TCP, DNS, NTP, etc.
    * Comfort working in at least one programming language
    * Interesting experience, or a relevant academic degree

  What we offer:
    * Top tier compensation (including stock options)
    * Mentorship and career development
    * Unlimited snacks and beverages
    * Fitness allowance
    * Annual conference budget

Apply here: https://www.waveapps.com/about-us/jobs/ and mention Hacker News in the submission!

ashchristopheron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016)

Wave | Toronto, Canada | Fulltime

Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors ($42million USD raised). We build an ecosystem of back-office applications (like invoicing+payments, accounting, payroll, etc) for startups and small businesses. We currently have openings on our mobile team.

  At Wave you will:
    * Develop for both Android and iOS mobile devices.
    * Develop the standards and tools that will shape how Wave builds mobile products now and in the future
    * Write clear, concise, elegant, and well-tested code in Java, Objective C, and cross-platform languages / tools.
    * Work as part of a small, agile, integrated product team that’s focused on continual improvement of their skills and helping each other learn new things.
    * Face exciting, out of the box challenges day in, day out.

Build something that will make lives of real business owners easier.

  What we offer:
    * Top tier compensation
    * Mentorship and career development
    * Unlimited snacks and beverages
    * Vibrant neighbourhood, ping pong, Xbox, rooftop patio, BBQ parties, and game nights

  In the press:
    * http://betakit.com/wave-raises-6-7-million-from-bdc-capital-as-it-works-to-enter-the-lending-space/

Apply here: https://www.waveapps.com/about-us/jobs/ and mention Hacker News in the submission!

ashchristopheron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)

https://www.waveapps.com, Toronto , Fulltime

Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors. We build an ecosystem of back-office applications (like invoicing+payments, accounting, payroll, etc) for startups and small businesses.

  At Wave you will:
    * Build scalable, fault-tolerant, tested, API-centric backend services in Ruby or Python
    * Use proven modern technologies to power financial grade distributed systems
    * Participate in architecture conversations, code reviews, and pair programming
    * Build rich user-centric experiences for businesses using modern front-end technologies (like ReactJS)


  What we offer:
    * Top tier compensation
    * Mentorship and career development
    * Unlimited snacks and beverages
    * Vibrant neighbourhood, ping pong, Xbox, rooftop patio, BBQ parties, and game nights

Apply here: https://www.waveapps.com/about-us/jobs/ and mention Hacker News in the subject!

ashchristopheron MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

You know what's relevant to cloud hosting? Women in short shorts and cleavage.

http://www.macstadium.com/solutions

#sexismintech =(

ashchristopheron Lessons learned defying Joel Spolsky with Django

Basically if you modify data in a transaction, add a task to the queue that relies on that data, and the worker pulls the task off the queue BEFORE the transaction is committed, then the task tries to access data that doesn't exist in the database yet.

ashchristopheron Show HN: Courtside.me

I hope these keys are fake... https://github.com/myusuf3/courtside/blob/master/courtside/k...

ashchristopheron Backbone.js Fundamentals

I think part of the problem is also that Backbone made some backwards incompatible changes as the framework developed. I found that a lot of the backbone tutorials were out of date - the &Yet blog had a bunch of good tutorials but were quickly out of date, and the posts were never revisited.

ashchristopheron Google Bar: The next stage in Google redesign

What would you suggest in its place? As their number of 'core' products increase, it is harder to come up with a unifying UI that isn't menu based.

(Not a troll - seriously want to know about other UI alternatives).

ashchristopheron Ask HN: Desperate Python Hacker Seeking Help and Suggestions

There are a bunch of big python/django shops in Toronto... more than I can count on two hands... and they are all hiring.

ashchristopheron Lessons From a Coffee Entrepreneur

They probably give you a 5% discount for NOT using your credit card.

ashchristopheron SLR Camera Simulator

It's a learning tool. Cut them some slack =).

ashchristopheron America's 10 Least Stressful Jobs includes Programming & Software Engineering.

Yes to statics and dynamics.

ashchristopheron America's 10 Least Stressful Jobs includes Programming & Software Engineering.

In Canada, part of the distinction is that Software Engineers are real (with a ring) engineers. A lot of their education is in engineering principles - same classes as Electrical, Mechanical and Computer engineers.

I know in the states Software Engineer describes most developers. How many Twitter engineers are actual engineers? Exactly.

ashchristopheron Fructose: compile Ruby into PHP

https://github.com/charliesome/Fructose/pull/9

Active community participation too =).

ashchristopheron Stanford CS enrollment increase "downright scary"

The CS parts may not be directly useful, but there are other benefits. Things like organization and logic are useful for people to be familiar with.

ashchristopheron Fundamental Guidelines Of E-Commerce Checkout Design

I have never seen month represented using the month name - at least not in Canada.

Don't know what its like in other areas of the world. Perhaps we just need to use some critical thought after reading and interpret the points based on our markets.

I mean, it isn't a hard an fast rule - they are just giving some suggestions - and I think they were pretty spot on.

ashchristopheron Node.js 0.4.5 Released w/ many bug fixes

On 64-bit Ubuntu you will only get 0.2.6

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After this operation, 5,349kB of additional disk space will be used.

Selecting previously deselected package nodejs. (Reading database ... 57171 files and directories currently installed.)

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ashchristopheron Is it possible for web developer to work in a bank?

So your question should be, can a PHP developer get a job in a bank. And the answer is... banks hire Java developers.

Why would banks hire someone without the proper skillset?

ashchristopheron Is it possible for web developer to work in a bank?

What is your definition of Web Developer?

The web is a platform - it shouldn't matter what the language is.

ashchristopheron Ask HN: Is unobtrusive javascript/gracefully degradation important anymore?

In this case, it is an app site. I was sorting thinking along the same idea.

ashchristopheron UBB overturned - Canada no longer biggest internet loser.

The fact that you can buy "overage insurance" is telling and shows that UBB isn't about capacity, but instead a new revenue stream. If there was a legitimate concern regarding bandwidth and infrastructure, insurance wouldn't be offered and there would be hard limits to usage.

ashchristopheron UBB overturned - Canada no longer biggest internet loser.

I hope it leads to change in the future. We still have the fundamental flaw that third party ISP's need to piggy back on the big 3.

ashchristopheron Canadians Just Became World's Biggest Internet Losers.

The real kick in the junk is that the infrastructure Bell owns was paid for by the Canadian taxpayers when Bell operated as a crown corporation.

Not sure if the Rogers infrastructure was publicly funded (I suspect it was in part).

ashchristopheron Clients you should avoid

Don't wait till the end of the project to get paid?

Most contracts I have worked have milestones where people are paid on initial acceptance of the project (say 35%) and paid on further milestones.

ashchristopheron Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

It's expensive, but it works. Also, there is the social factor. You have an entire team at a Crossfit gym who you work out with that expect you to be there, and push you while you are there.

In this case, peer-pressure is a good thing.

ashchristopheron AOL Acquires Personal Profile Startup About.Me

Before I read the article, I was thinking talent acquisition... now... I don't know what to make of it.

Sensationalism perhaps?

ashchristopheron Bye Bye Github

Gitosis is great, however I like Gitolite much better (ironically enough, hosted by GitHub - http://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite). Per branch permissions, and a much more intuitive project management.