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Chris Ramakers Engineering manager at DataCamp.com
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risratorn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2021)
DataCamp | London/Leuven/Remote EU | Full-Time | Within 2h of GMT+2 | https://www.datacamp.com/jobs

DataCamp is the leading online platform designed to teach modern professionals the data skills they need at their own pace. From non-coding essentials to data science and machine learning, all taught by leading experts in the field. DataCamp Enterprise gives you the power to upskill everyone on your team to make better data-driven decisions—faster.

We’re currently hiring for the following roles in our Product & Engineering org:

Head of Product Design : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/3093681

Senior Product Designer : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2311591

Engineering Manager : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2356366

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Javascript/Typescript) - Enterprise : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/3085562

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Javascript/Typescript) - Learn : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/1402346

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Ruby) - RevOps : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2262689

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Typescript/Python) - Learn : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2582866

Senior Mobile Engineer (React Native) - Learn : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2982175

Full Stack Engineer - Commercial : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/3271616

Full Stack Engineer (Typescript) - Talent : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/3571825

Senior Product Manager - Integrations : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/3621623

risratorn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021)
DataCamp | On-site & Remote (within 2h of CET timezone) | Senior/Staff engineering roles | Full-time + equity | https://www.datacamp.com/jobs

DataCamp is looking for multiple Full Stack software engineers proficient with Typescript & React, Ruby on Rails is a big plus.

Tech: NodeJS/Typescript, Express/Koa/Next/Nest, React, Apollo, VueJS, Microfrontend Architecture, Microservices Architecture, Ruby on Rails, VueJS, Terraform, AWS (EC2, S3, SNS/SQS, Athena), CI/CD, CircleCI, DataDog, Sentry, Docker/Kubernetes

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Full Stack Software Engineer - Commercial (https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/3271616)

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (TypeScript/Ruby) - Enterprise (https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/3085562)

Senior Mobile Engineer (React Native) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2982175)

Senior Software Engineer (JS/TypeScript) - Learn (https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/1402346)

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (TypeScript/Python) - Workspace (https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2582866)

Senior Growth Engineer - Workspace (https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/3361225)

Engineering Manager (https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2356366)

Infrastructure Engineer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2540920)

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Check https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/ for even more open positions!

risratorn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021)
DataCamp | On-site & Remote (within 3h of CET timezone) | Various roles | Full-time + equity | https://www.datacamp.com/jobs DataCamp is building the best platform to learn and teach data skills. We create technology for personalized learning experiences and bring the power of data fluency to millions of people around the world. Our learners get real hands-on experience by completing self paced, interactive data science courses, practice, and projects from the best instructors in the world, right in the browser. We are an international team with backgrounds in education, data science, design, psychology, biology, linguistics, engineering and more. We are united by our passion for impacting the future of education.

To take our mission to the next level we are looking for talented and experienced professionals. Below is a list of some open positions from different Business Units and teams within our organization.

# Full Stack Software Engineer: Groups & Social Learning (Javascript) https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2598243

# Full Stack Software Engineer: Enterprise (Javascript/Typescript) https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/3085562

# Engineering Manager - https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2356366

And even more open positions on https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/

risratorn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2021)
DataCamp | On-site & Remote (within 3h of CET timezone) | Various roles | Full-time + equity | https://www.datacamp.com/jobs

DataCamp is building the best platform to learn and teach data skills. We create technology for personalized learning experiences and bring the power of data fluency to millions of people around the world. Our learners get real hands-on experience by completing self paced, interactive data science courses, practice, and projects from the best instructors in the world, right in the browser. We are an international team with backgrounds in education, data science, design, psychology, biology, linguistics, engineering and more. We are united by our passion for impacting the future of education.

To take our mission to the next level in 2021 we are looking for talented and experienced professionals. Below is a list of some open positions from different Business Units and teams within our organization. All open positions can be found on https://www.datacamp.com/jobs

Front-end Software Engineer (React/TypeScript) - Design System : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2541097

Full Stack Software Engineer (Javascript) - Product Led Growth : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2598243

Full Stack Software Engineer (JS/TypeScript) - Learn : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/1402346

Full Stack Software Engineer (JS/TypeScript/Python) - Talent : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2540432

Senior Frontend Engineer (React/Typescript) - Learn : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2366084

Senior Frontend Engineer (Vue) - Learn : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2366084

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (Typescript/Python) - Collaboration : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2582866

Head of Cloud infrastructure : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2486269

Infrastructure Engineer : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2540920

risratorn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)
DataCamp | On-site & Remote (within 3h of CET timezone) | Various roles | Full-time + equity | https://www.datacamp.com/jobs

DataCamp is building the best platform to learn and teach data skills. We create technology for personalized learning experiences and bring the power of data fluency to millions of people around the world. Our learners get real hands-on experience by completing self paced, interactive data science courses, practice, and projects from the best instructors in the world, right in the browser. We are an international team with backgrounds in education, data science, design, psychology, biology, linguistics, engineering and more. We are united by our passion for impacting the future of education.

To take our mission to the next level in 2021 we are looking for talented and experienced professionals. Below is a list of currently open positions from different Business Units and teams within our organization.

UX Designer : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2311591

Engineering Manager : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2356366

Front-end Software Engineer (React/TypeScript) - Design System : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2541097

Full Stack Software Engineer (Javascript) - Product Led Growth : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2598243

Full Stack Software Engineer (JS/TypeScript) - Learn : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/1402346

Full Stack Software Engineer (JS/TypeScript/Python) - Talent : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2540432

Head of Cloud infrastructure : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2486269

Infrastructure Engineer : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2540920

Senior Frontend Engineer (React/Typescript) - Learn : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2366084

Senior Frontend Engineer (Vue) - Learn : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2366084

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (Typescript/Python) - Collaboration : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2582866

Senior Product Manager - Learning Experience : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2181475

Senior Product Manager - Talent & Certification : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2540508

Technical Product Manager : https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2541519

risratorn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)
DataCamp | London UK / Leuven BE / Remote | Full-time | https://www.datacamp.com/jobs

DataCamp is building the best platform to learn and teach data skills. We create technology for personalized learning experiences and bring the power of data fluency to millions of people around the world. Our learners get real hands-on experience by completing self-paced, interactive data science courses, practice, and projects from the best instructors in the world, right in the browser.

We are an international team with backgrounds in education, data science, design, psychology, biology, linguistics, engineering, and more. We are united by our passion for impacting the future of education.

Currently, we have multiple open positions in our Engineering department.

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## Engineering Manager

More information & applications: https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2356366

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## Senior Full Stack software engineer (JS/Typescript)

More information & applications: https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/1402346

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## Senior Front-end software engineer (React/Typescript)

More information & applications: https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2366084

risratorn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2020)
DataCamp | Javascript Engineers | Leuven(BE)/London(UK)/Remote(CET +/- 2h) | Full-time

DataCamp is building the best platform to learn and teach data skills. We create technology for personalized learning experiences and bring the power of data fluency to millions of people around the world.

We are looking for talented Full Stack Software Engineers to help us craft web applications that make it easier to build interactive DataCamp courses and/or help us improve and redefine the core learning experience. You will be part of a great team, building applications and solving technical challenges every single day! We are open to remote candidates in a comparable timezone.

For more information and to apply go to https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/1402346

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Apart from Javascript engineers we are also looking for a Content Developer, Head of Curriculum, Data Scientist, Salesforce Admin, Paid Social manager, UX designer, Product manager, and more! Check https://www.datacamp.com/jobs/ for more opportunities

risratorn··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2020)
DataCamp | datacamp.com | Senior Full-stack Ruby Engineer | Remote (Belgium/London/Europe) | Full-Time

We are looking for a talented and skilled Full Stack Ruby Engineer to help us improve and evolve many critical backend parts related to finance, authentication, and sales enablement. You will be part of a great remote team, building applications, and solving technical challenges every single day!

DataCamp is building the best platform to learn and teach data skills to over 6 million users worldwide. We create technology for personalized learning experiences and bring the power of data fluency to millions of people around the world. Our learners get real hands-on experience by completing self-paced, interactive data science courses, practice, and projects from the best instructors in the world, right in the browser.

More details and applications here: https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/1762238

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DataCamp | datacamp.com | Engineer Lead/Manager | Remote (Belgium/London/Europe) | Full-Time

As an engineering manager, we expect you to guide and coach one or more product team(s) towards success and foster the engineering principles we stand for. Together with product managers and your team(s), you will decide on a vision and take ownership of the entire code base and team management to realize it. As a manager, you will be responsible for further building out your team(s), resolving impediments and fostering personal growth of each engineer. You will be responsible for driving continuous improvements within the team using agile practices. This includes coaching the team on big projects, sponsoring technical debt efforts, following best practices, etc. As a result of this, a majority of your time is spent supporting engineers and not typing emails or sitting in meetings.

DataCamp is building the best platform to learn and teach data skills to over 6 million users worldwide. We create technology for personalized learning experiences and bring the power of data fluency to millions of people around the world. Our learners get real hands-on experience by completing self-paced, interactive data science courses, practice, and projects from the best instructors in the world, right in the browser.

More details and applications here: https://boards.greenhouse.io/datacamp/jobs/2154285

risratorn··on How a domain registrar can kill your business
The whole domain registration system is a very complex and messy area to work with, both from a development as an enduser perspective. I speak from experience working at a hosting company implementing domain registrations directly with the registry systems.

It's a incomprehensible mishmash of tld's implementing different methods of registering, renewing, restoring, domains. Some require ID verification before registrations, some have a quarantine of 1 week, other of 4 weeks, some no quarantine. Some domains need to be renewed before expiry, some can still be used 2 weeks after expiry, some domains allow transfers and trades, others don't or do under strict circumstances. Some require transfer codes, others don't. Some transfer codes are valid for 1 week, some are valid for longer.

There is no decent standarization on the technical level when it comes to managing domain registrations. There is the EPP protocol but almost none of the registries implement a standardized way of registering domains each implementing a mess of extensions to suit their bureaucratic needs.

ICANN introducing over 1.2k new gTLD's some time ago also didn't help along with the introcution of domains containing non standard latin characters and the puny-code implementation there (eg: café.com is actually listed as xn--caf-dma.com)

I'm not trying to defend domain.com who obviously failed to deliver on the basics of decent support, but things like this (issues between domain vendor and registry) happen more than most of us like to admit.

risratorn··on New Skype Update Is Horrible
I can second that zoom.us is a very good alternative ... it's not really a chat application but for multiuser confcalls or video calls it's miles ahead of the competition like gotomeetings or skype.
risratorn··on Bootstrap 4's mobile-first flexbox grid system, now used by default
I think you have some things mixed up, Bootstrap is a front-end layout framework built with a CSS preprocessor, in this case SASS. It's got nothing to do with backend.

You are asking if you can use a different preprocessor, for which the answer is 'no'.

risratorn··on Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy (2015)
They are all stars as far as I know
risratorn··on Evernote cuts 47 employees and shuts down 3 offices
I've had a love/hate relationship with evernote since forever. The idea of storing everything in evernote really appeals to me (invoices, receipts, warranty, contracts, ...) but yet scares me too since there are wild stories of evernote just loosing stuff.

On the other hand for simple note taking evernote really sucks, it's too cluttered and it's editor is subpar.

A few years ago I was an avid springpad user before they shut down, but they suffered from the same issues: too bloated, not really good editor. But it worked beter for me than evernote.

To me it feels like evernote tries to solve 2 separate problems: taking simple and small notes, archiving and indexing important documents. Unfortunately it fails at both for me :(

risratorn··on Graph of Foursquare's Popularity After Removing Check-Ins
This is the moment I wish Gowalla didn't sell to facebook :)
risratorn··on Show HN: Depot
It's not necessarily the color or the animations, I feel the page as a whole doesn't do a great job of communicating what the actual product is/does.

Nice fonts and icons but it fails to bring across the message. A little more text and some screenshots would have gone a long way imho.

risratorn··on AeroMobil: Flying car
I for one wouldn't mind skipping the daily traffic jams and flying to a regional airport instead of sitting in my car 1h30m twice a day. Ofcourse everything depends on the actual location of the airport but I can imagine for some people this might save them some time.

Then again if everybody will start to use flying cars, we'll have traffic jams towards the airport and a whole slew of other logistical problems. Imho this will never become mainstream but has the potential to attract a small number of users.

risratorn··on The best Postgres feature you're not using – CTEs aka WITH clauses
I'd agree but it really depends to be honest.

A 100% increase in query time for a query that originally takes 50ms is neglectable, for a query that takes 500ms it will indeed make a vital difference.

risratorn··on Vagrant 1.4
a little harsh ... but actually and unfortunately true :/
risratorn··on Introducing Google Helpouts
The first thing I thought when I read that was "they launch this after they shut down stuff like Google Reader".

I guess it's all about making money now for google. If something is profitable it has to go :(

risratorn··on [dead]
This is actually not what it seems to be... it's just a guy with his dog who just got out of the water.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20013500-71.html

risratorn··on Startup Cheat Codes
Shouldn't that be Good/Fast/Cheap? Basically means the same and is known as the Trilemma :)
risratorn··on Move over Bootstrap and Foundation, welcome Semantic UI
The author does a really shitty job of pointing out the differences between Bootstrap/Foundation and SemanticUI but if you browse through the documentation and examples it becomes clear that this framework has several features, components and modules that neither bootstrap or foundation have like dimmers, 3D transforms (shape), equal height columns, dividers, validation, ...

It features a lot of UI patterns that are pretty hard to pull of with bootstrap alone and that imho makes it worth it.

I'm not yet convinced by the actualy class name semantics, it might be a learning curve though. And i absolutely hate the button-divs ... bootstrap does a way beter job at keeping html semantics for buttons.

That being said, this seems like serious competition for bootstrap and foundation. I'm curious for the final release.

risratorn··on Dishwasher Cooking: Make Your Dinner While Cleaning The Plates
It's about personal taste, you are entitled to your opinion, however salmon can be prepared in many different ways.
risratorn··on The algorithm for a perfectly balanced photo gallery
Nice catch ... it so subtle i didn't notice but none the less a very nice feature. Love the execution of their idea!
risratorn··on Puffin Browser
It does indeed look a little depressed when you google for puffin picture but none the less it's a beautiful creature, makes for a good and recognisable logo.
risratorn··on The new php.net
As an avid PHP user I'm afraid the remaining 1/3rd is truth, the article really is rather biased and in some places not really factual but I'm the last person to deny PHP can improve immensely in some area's.

I once went to a PHP uncon some years ago where 2 members of the php core/extensions team were present, when we got the chance to ask them questions I popped the question "Why doesn't php take the opportunity to fix a lot of the function naming issues, the incosistent argument order, etc ... when releasing the next major version" and their reply was that they don't want to break backwards compatibilty too much. That's plain BS imho. Any non-dot release can break backwards compatibility, especially if it moves the language forward.

risratorn··on AppFog Now Part of Savvis Cloud
I sure hope that it's gonna accelerate a solution to the one big problem I have with AppFog ... lack of persisent storage. According to the roadmap it should have high priority but it's been a while since I heard anything about it.
risratorn··on Wintersmith – a flexible static site generator
The fact that it's static should mean you can host it on any platform that hosts static files. The technology only kicks in when you are writing blogposts and (re)generating your static files before you sync/upload them to your host.
risratorn··on How can we get Google Support?
There has actually been a pretty active proposal on area51.stackexchange.com for a dedicated Zend Framework stackexchange site but it got rejected (and deleted it seems) in favor of just using stackoverflow and tagging the questions zend-framework.

My guess is that symfony will get the same treatment

http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/38634/zend-framewo...

risratorn··on My divorce from Google - One year later
Well it's all just a mater of personal taste but tbh ... when someone says "GPS. I don't use it, even in a car. I'm old-school as I like printed maps." I don't find it that surprising he has no trouble letting stuff like gmail, google maps and google search go.

It can be done, but for some it's easier as for others.

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