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Clearly these are speculative bets on Wealthfront being as large as a mutual fund. The fact that the author doesn't see this means they're overvaluing a mutual fund manager and thinking that an algorithm can't come close to matching that performance. These startups have two major cost advantages over incumbents: 1) no researchers 2) no salespeople. They have higher profitability, so they'll be better equipped to spend on sales & marketing to achieve fast growth. This leads me to think that at least one of these companies is going to grow to the size of a large mutual fund and "WIN".
Performance Reviews were definitely not a waste of time and a very important carrot that motivated the company. they were great when things were going well and my startup was growing, but when we started to have churn and laid off half of the company they were less important. They were even less important when we had another round of layoffs after that. I would send very mixed signals at an annual review if I couldn't give anyone a raise and couldn't offer them a way up the corporate ladder, even for top performers. E.g., "You're doing awesome work but all we can do is let you keep your job." Furthermore, equity grants would have been meaningless. I had multiple employees say tell me they didn't think the stock was worth anything, since the odds of an exit had dwindled. Growth had stalled, so they cared purely about salary and career path. I spent a lot of 1x1s talking about what they wanted to do after working for me and helped them plan it out and make progress towards a new goal.
- pricing and offerings are similar to AWS
- they answer the phone when you have problems
Engineering Team | HQ in Jackson, MS or REMOTE
Be a part of a small agile team that gives our engineers a ton of freedom and responsibility in developing apps, which include a messaging and a social intelligence product. EdgeTheory is an Angular.js shop and our backend runs in Ruby (Sinatra).
Skills we are looking for
* Able to construct rich HTML and CSS, with complex JavaScript interactions
* Experience using JavaScript Frameworks (E.g., Angular, Ember, Backbone, jQuery) in large applications
* Experience with Responsive Design (E.g., Twitter Bootstrap, Bourbon Neat)
Bonus Points
* Strong design sense
* CSS compiler knowledge (E.g., Sass, LESS)
* Visualization Experience (E.g., d3.js)
* Experience debugging front-ends and using UI testing tools (E.g., Karma, Jasmine)
Interested? Send us an email at jobs@edgetheory.com
EdgeTheory | HQ in Jackson, MS or REMOTE (USA only)
Be a part of a small agile team that gives our engineers a ton of freedom and responsibility in developing apps, which include a messaging and a social intelligence product. EdgeTheory is an Angular.js shop and our backend runs in Ruby (Sinatra).
Responsibilities
* Work closely with Designers and Backend Engineers to create world class products
* Develop new ways to analyze social data and present it in a way that provides value to our customers
* Implement the User Interface for Large Applications and have total ownership (UX, Design, Interactions) of Small Applications
* Update Existing Applications according to best practices
* Research Best Practices for application design and constantly improve your skills
Requirements
* A self-starter that can deal with ambiguity and get stuff done
* Experience with programming large, complex applications
* Able to construct rich HTML and CSS, with complex JavaScript interactions
* Experience with JavaScript Frameworks (E.g., Angular, Ember, Backbone, jQuery)
* Experience with Responsive Design (E.g., Twitter Bootstrap, Bourbon Neat)
Bonus Points
* Strong design sense
* CSS compiler knowledge (E.g., Sass, LESS)
* Visualization Experience (E.g., d3.js)
* Experience debugging front-ends and using UI testing tools (E.g., Karma, Jasmine)
Interested? Send us an email at jobs@edgetheory.com
We're a small agile team that gives our engineers a ton of freedom and responsibility in developing apps, which include a messaging product and a social intelligence product. We are very open about communication and even the most junior engineer has a voice. EdgeTheory is an Angular.js shop and our backend runs in Ruby (Sinatra).
[Front End Engineer]
Skills we're looking for
* CSS compiler knowledge (Sass, LESS)
* Responsive Design (Twitter Bootstrap, Bourbon Neat, etc)
* Experience with a version control system
* JavaScript Frameworks (Angular, Ember, Backbone)
Bonus Points
* Strong design sense and excellent taste
* Rails - know your templates (ERB, HAML, etc)
* Visualization Experience (d3.js, etc)
Interested? Send us an email at jobs@edgetheory.com
We're a small agile team that gives our engineers a ton of freedom and responsibility in developing apps, which include a messaging product and a social intelligence product. We are very open about communication and even the most junior engineer has a voice. EdgeTheory is an Angular.js shop and our backend runs in Ruby (Sinatra).
[Front End Engineer]
Skills we're looking for
* JavaScript Frameworks (Angular, Ember, Backbone)
* CSS compiler knowledge (Sass, LESS)
* Responsive Design (Bourbon Neat, Twitter Bootstrap, etc)
* Experience with a version control system
Bonus Points
* Strong design sense and excellent taste
* Rails - know your templates (ERB, HAML, etc)
* Visualization Experience (d3.js, etc)
Interested? Send us an email at jobs@edgetheory.com
We're a small agile team that gives our engineers a ton of freedom and responsibility in developing apps, which include a messaging product and a social intelligence product. We are very open about communication and even the most junior engineer has a voice. EdgeTheory is an Angular.js shop and our backend runs in Ruby (Sinatra).
[Front End Engineer]
Skills we're looking for
* JavaScript Frameworks (Angular, Ember, Backbone)
* CSS compiler knowledge (Sass, LESS)
* Responsive Design (Twitter Bootstrap, Bourbon Neat, etc)
* Experience with a version control system
Bonus Points
* Strong design sense and excellent taste
* Rails - know your templates (ERB, HAML, etc)
* Visualization Experience (d3.js, etc)
Interested? Send us an email at jobs@edgetheory.com
As other commenters mentioned, I suggest finding meetups in your area or driving to a larger city and attending one if there are none where you live.
Backend Engineer - APIs and Services written in Ruby (Sinatra) - Upcoming Projects: RBAC, Backend for Customer Portal, Facebook Integration
Sr Backend Engineer (NLP, some ML) - Implement surfacing algorithm over the Twitter firehose. Detect links, trends, etc for a recommendation engine.
Sr Backend Engineer (Knowledge Graph and Templating Language) - Improve our templating language (more variety and better quality) - Improve our templating engine (better analytics and performance)
Interested? Send us an email at jobs@leadify.net
Backend Engineer
What you’ll do * Consistently ship high-quality code to production * You’ll implement features for our social messaging application using Ruby (Sinatra framework) - Write custom web services that interact with social platforms like Twitter. We listen and provide recommendations based on trends. Then we deploy and track the effectiveness of our messages. - Design RESTful APIs that allow our web apps to interact with our data * Convert time-consuming manual reports into web services that return data instantly using the ActiveRecord ORM * Build data transformation scripts that allow our different apps to talk to each other
Who we're looking for * A self-starter that can get stuff done with little supervision. We expect you to come up with an initial design, talk it over with our architect and you're good to go. * Strong CS fundamentals, some experience with our stack (Ruby, Sinatra Framework, MySQL, Redis, Perl, Neo4J, JavaScript, Angular.JS) and a desire to learn and master your craft. * An understanding of application performance (Big-O and profiling) and data structures
Bonus * Deep knowledge of Graph Theory; Familiarity with graph databases * Database Skills - 3rd Normal Form is "normal" to you
Interested? Send us an email at jobs@leadify.net
Jackson, MS
Backend Engineer
What you’ll do * Consistently ship high-quality code to production * Own Your Apps: Fix bugs, talk to users, and regularly update your existing applications * Iterate frequently and prioritize your workload with management * You’ll implement features for our social messaging application using Ruby (Sinatra framework) - Write custom web services that interact with social platforms like Twitter. We listen and provide recommendations based on trends. Then we deploy and track the effectiveness of our messages. - Design RESTful APIs that allow our web apps to interact with our data * Convert time-consuming manual reports into web services that return data instantly using ActiveRecord * Build data transformation scripts that allow our different apps to talk to each other
Who we're looking for * Someone who loves to code. Have you programmed as a hobby? Do you get nervous and frustrated at the thought of losing an internet connection? Then, you're one of us! * Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup where you?ll never run out of things to do * A self-starter that can get stuff done with little supervision. We expect you to come up with an initial design, talk it over with our architect and you?re good to go. * Strong CS fundamentals, some experience with our stack (Ruby, Sinatra Framework, MySQL, Redis, Perl, Neo4J, JavaScript, Angular.JS) and a desire to learn and master your craft. * An understanding of application performance (Big-O and profiling) and data structures
Bonus * Deep knowledge of Graph Theory; Familiarity with graph databases * Database Skills - 3rd Normal Form is "normal" to you
Interested? Send us an email at jobs@leadify.net
I was out of coding for about 10 years (traveled, went to business school, worked in finance). Then I got back into it by moonlighting for a startup. Now I'm CPO of a startup and write backend stuff in Ruby. I rarely get to use any of my old ASM coding chops.