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jays··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)
StreetEasy, a Zillow Group (Nasdaq: Z) brand | New York, NY | FULL-TIME | ONSITE

We’re looking for creative, passionate and resourceful developers to help build extraordinary products. StreetEasy is building an efficient organization with insightful and creative developers who understand business needs and priorities. We're committed to providing fulfilling, challenging, and interesting positions, while maintaining a healthy work/life balance. And we're committed to making a difference in how people buy and sell homes.

Open Positions:

* Full-Stack Developer

* Front-end Developer

Apply here:

http://www.zillow.com/jobs/openings/?c=Technology&l=New%20Yo...

jays··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2016)
Naked Apartments

Full Stack Rails Engineer | REMOTE | Full Time | Anywhere, USA

Naked Apartments, a Zillow Group Company, is looking for a Full Stack Rails Engineer determined to conceive, plan and build extraordinary features and products. We're building an efficient organization with insightful and creative engineers who understand business needs and priorities.

We're committed to fulfilling, challenging and interesting positions, while maintaining a healthy work/life balance. And we're committed to making a difference for millions of renters.

Our team is optimized for developer impact and freedom.

* A TRULY REMOTE job. We've taken Jason Fried's TED talk [1] to heart and built an entirely distributed team.

* Flexible work schedules. Work the times that work best for you. Our team cares about what gets done, not about how many hours you stare at your screen.

* We trust our engineers to help define business needs and shape them.

* Engineers get to take an idea from conception all to way to production, coupled with a team support system to get feedback and iterate quickly until you've built a something we're all proud of.

* Friendly, funny, energetic co-workers.

We want team members we can trust, who not only care deeply about well written and tested code, but our business as well. Be ready to learn, grow, and help the team do great things together.

Apply: http://tiny.cc/am3mcy

* http://www.nakedapartments.com

[1] http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen...

jays··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2015)
Naked Apartments

Android Engineer | REMOTE | Full Time | Anywhere

Naked Apartments has set out to simplify renting, starting in NYC. We're a small team, growing fast, and already taking a big bite out of Craigslist's juicy NYC revenues, but we've set our sights on much bigger goals.

Our team is optimized for developer impact and freedom.

* A TRULY REMOTE job. We've taken Jason Fried's TED talk [1] to heart and built an entirely distributed team, which includes even our CEO.

* Flexible work schedules. Work the times that work best for you. Our team cares about what gets done, not about how many hours you stare at your screen.

* We trust our engineers to help define business needs and shape them.

* Engineers get to take an idea from conception all to way to production, coupled with a team support system to get feedback and iterate quickly until you've built a something we're all proud of.

* Friendly, funny, energetic co-workers.

* Our company is profitable and growing.

We want team members we can trust, who care as much about the user experience as they do well written and tested code.

Be ready to learn, grow, and help the team do great things together. Send us an email, we'd love to hear from you: jobs@nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com/about/jobs

[1] http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen...

jays··on Take-home interviews
My personal favorite method is similar to this and we use it at my current company.

The big difference of course is that we pay for the candidates time. Not everyone has 5-20 hours to burn on a project in terms of free time. It's a big commitment, especially for the folks with families.

Some key benefits of a project for our interview process:

* We get to see a candidates programming skills with a greenfield project. This gives us a chance to analyze all aspects of development (organizing code, creating tests, using best practices, ect.).

* Candidates get to act as if they are on the team, so they are encouraged to ask questions, get feedback, ect. throughout the project. This gives us a chance to see how well they communicate in addition to their programming skills, which is REALLY important to us, since we're an entirely distributed team.

* The project is not throwaway for the candidate nor us. We usually have an ongoing list of libraries and tools that we need internally for our projects, so the candidate is actually contributing to our mission. This also justifies paying a candidate for their time

jays··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)
Naked Apartments

Android Engineer | REMOTE | Full Time | Anywhere

Naked Apartments has set out to simplify renting, starting in NYC. We're a small team, growing fast, and already taking a big bite out of Craigslist's juicy NYC revenues, but we've set our sights on much bigger goals.

Our team is optimized for developer impact and freedom.

* A TRULY REMOTE job. We've taken Jason Fried's TED talk [1] to heart and built an entirely distributed team, which includes even our CEO. We have no physical office for employees to report to just in case you're worried about bait and switch ;)

* Flexible work schedules. Work the times that work best for you. Our team cares about what gets done, not about how many hours you stare at your screen.

* No wire frames, pixel perfect designs, or 35 page specs handed down from out of touch product managers. We trust our engineers to help define business needs and shape them.

* Engineers get to take an idea from conception all to way to production, coupled with a team support system to get feedback and iterate until you've built a something we're all proud of.

* Friendly, funny, energetic co-workers.

* Our company is profitable and growing.

We want team members we can trust, who not only care deeply about well written and tested code, but our business as well. Be ready to learn, grow, and help the team do great things together. Send us an email, we'd love to hear from you: jobs@nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com/about/jobs

[1] http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen...

jays··on Kevin Rose Moves on from Silicon Valley to Watches
while I agree he certainly is not a god, making good investment choices in the startup world is not easy. easy to judge with hindsight on your side
jays··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2015)
Naked Apartments

Android Engineer | REMOTE | Full Time | Anywhere

Naked Apartments has set out to simplify renting, starting in NYC. We're a small team, growing fast, and already taking a big bite out of Craigslist's juicy NYC revenues, but we've set our sights on much bigger goals.

Our team is optimized for developer impact and freedom.

* A TRULY REMOTE job. We've taken Jason Fried's TED talk [1] to heart and built an entirely distributed team, which includes even our CEO. We have no physical office for employees to report to just in case you're worried about bait and switch ;)

* Flexible work schedules. Work the times that work best for you. Our team cares about what gets done, not about how many hours you stare at your screen.

* No wire frames, pixel perfect designs, or 35 page specs handed down from out of touch product managers. We trust our engineers to help define business needs and shape them.

* Engineers get to take an idea from conception all to way to production, coupled with a team support system to get feedback and iterate until you've built a something we're all proud of.

* Friendly, funny, energetic co-workers.

* Our company is profitable and growing.

We want team members we can trust, who not only care deeply about well written and tested code, but our business as well. Be ready to learn, grow, and help the team do great things together. Send us an email, we'd love to hear from you: jobs@nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com/about/jobs

[1] http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen...

jays··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)
Naked Apartments

Full Stack Rails Engineer | REMOTE | Full Time

Naked Apartments has set out to simplify renting, starting in NYC. We’re a small team, growing fast, and already taking a big bite out of Craigslist’s juicy NYC revenues, but we’ve set our sights on much bigger goals.

Our team is optimized for developer impact and freedom.

* A TRULY REMOTE job. We’ve taken Jason Fried’s TED talk [1] to heart and built an entirely distributed team, including even our CEO. This isn’t a remote bait-and-switch job, we have no physical office for employees to report to.

* Flexible work schedules. Work the times that work best for you. Our team cares about what gets done, not about how many hours you stare at your screen.

* No wire frames, pixel perfect designs, or 35 page specs handed down from out of touch product managers. We trust our engineers to help define business needs and shape them.

* Engineers get to take an idea from conception all to way to production, coupled with a team support system to get feedback and iterate until you’ve built a something we’re all proud of.

* Friendly, funny, energetic co-workers.

* Our company is profitable and growing.

We want team members we can trust, who not only care deeply about well written and tested code, but our business as well. Be ready to learn, grow, and help the team do great things together.

Send us an email, we’d love to hear from you: jobs@nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com/about/jobs

[1] http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen...

jays··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2015)
Naked Apartments

Full Stack Rails Engineer | REMOTE | Full Time | Anywhere, USA

Naked Apartments has set out to simplify renting, starting in NYC. We’re a small team, growing fast, and already taking a big bite out of Craigslist’s juicy NYC revenues, but we’ve set our sights on much bigger goals.

Our team is optimized for developer impact and freedom.

* A TRULY REMOTE job. We’ve taken Jason Fried’s TED talk [1] to heart and built an entirely distributed team, including even our CEO. This isn’t a remote bait-and-switch job, we have no physical office for employees to report to.

* Flexible work schedules. Work the times that work best for you. Our team cares about what gets done, not about how many hours you stare at your screen.

* No wire frames, pixel perfect designs, or 35 page specs handed down from out of touch product managers. We trust our engineers to help define business needs and shape them.

* Engineers get to take an idea from conception all to way to production, coupled with a team support system to get feedback and iterate until you’ve built a something we’re all proud of.

* Friendly, funny, energetic co-workers.

* Our company is profitable and growing.

We want team members we can trust, who not only care deeply about well written and tested code, but our business as well. Be ready to learn, grow, and help the team do great things together.

Send us an email, we’d love to hear from you: jobs@nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com/about/jobs

[1] http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen...

jays··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2014)
Naked Apartments - http://www.nakedapartments.com

Full Time REMOTE - Anywhere

Naked Apartments has set out to simplify renting, starting in NYC. We’re a small team, growing fast, and already taking a big bite out of Craigslist’s juicy NYC revenues, but we’ve set our sights on much bigger goals.

Our team is optimized for developer happiness. We’ve taken Jason Fried’s TED talk to heart and built an entirely distributed team...yes even including our CEO. Get ready to be judged on productivity, not face time and say goodbye to your painful commute.

Engineers are given ultimate control of product. No pixel perfect mock ups or painful specs handed down from product managers. Engineers get to take an idea from conception all to way to production, coupled with a team support system to get feedback and iterate until you’ve built a something you’ll be proud of.

We want engineers who care about the user experience as much as they care about clean, well tested code. So get ready to be pushed to be the best engineer you can be.

We’re always interested in finding great team members. At the moment, we’re specifically looking for:

* iOS Engineer

* Full Stack Rails Engineers

If you're interested in learning more, send us an email: jobs@nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com/about/jobs

* Naked Apartments - http://www.nakedapartments.com

* http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen...

jays··on Drop Dropbox
Dropbox certainly has lost some peoples trust.

What makes any of the other companies more trustworthy though? Has someone personally interviewed all the employees, performed a security audit of their system, and determined they are legit?

Seems like a false sense of security.

jays··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)
Naked Apartments - http://www.nakedapartments.com

Full Time REMOTE - Anywhere

Naked Apartments has set out to simplify renting, starting in NYC. We’re a small team, growing fast, and already taking a big bite out of Craigslist’s juicy NYC revenues, but we’ve set our sights on much bigger goals.

Our team is optimized for developer impact and achievement. We’ve taken Jason Fried’s TED talk to heart and built an entirely distributed team...yes including even our CEO. Get ready to be judged on productivity, not face time and say goodbye to your painful commute.

Engineers are given ultimate controller of product. No wire frames or painful specs handed down from product managers. Engineers get to take an idea from conception all to way to production, coupled with a team support system to get feedback and iterate until you’ve built a something you’ll be proud of.

We want engineers who care about the user experience as much as they care about clean, well tested code. So get ready to be pushed to be the best engineer you can be.

We’re always interested in finding great team members. At the moment, we’re specifically looking for:

* iOS Engineer

* Full Stack Rails Engineer

If you're interested in learning more, send us an email: jobs@nakedapartments.com

* http://www.nakedapartments.com/about/jobs

* http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen...

jays··on The 10x Engineer and Delegated Responsibility
We're following a similar approach with a distributed team @ NakedApartments.com. So far, it's worked really well for us, especially with keeping moral high. Glad to hear we're not alone.
jays··on Why we should teach our kids to code
Oh how I wish this was the reality we lived in. Sadly, it's not..
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