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sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Why is giving a secure crypto solution to the masses a good thing?

Life is about trade-offs. In theory, the benefit of security for the masses outweighs the cost of confidentiality provided to criminals. There are also other ways of potentially getting the criminals' e-mails you need other than snooping (e.g., Google can disclose your e-mail to law enforcement) or getting the intelligence on criminals beyond e-mail altogether.

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (February 2012)

Reston, VA (west of Washington, DC) - FULL TIME, INTERN, CONTRACTOR (H1B maybe if already in US)

Lucidmedia Networks - http://www.lucidmedia.com

Growing Internet ad network looking primarily for generalist Java developers (experience with SQL and front-end web dev would be great too). The Internet advertising industry is quite complex behind the scenes and somewhat parallels the structure of the financial markets. We are analogous to a high frequency trading firm, buying page views to serve ads on behalf of advertising agencies in real-time on exchanges like that of Google or Yahoo. Our server software runs on Spring, MySQL, Redis, and AWS at a glance. We handle about a billion page impressions a day. Big data, big throughput.

Small yet experienced team, catered lunches _everyday_, your choice of Mac or PC (all devs are Mac now), good benefits. Our office has superhero posters all over the walls.

Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.

We've hired a full-time dev (me) and intern through HN "Who is Hiring" threads. These things do work!

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (January 2012)

Reston, VA (west of Washington, DC) - FULL TIME, INTERN, CONTRACTOR (H1B if you're already in the US)

Lucidmedia Networks - http://www.lucidmedia.com

Internet ad network looking primarily for Java developers (experience with [My]SQL and front-end web experience would be great too). The Internet advertising industry is quite complex behind the scenes and somewhat parallels the structure of the financial markets. We are analogous to a high frequency trading firm, buying page views to serve ads in real-time on exchanges like that of Google or Yahoo. Our server software runs on Spring, MySQL, Redis, and AWS at a glance. We handle about a billion page impressions a day. Big data, big throughput.

Small yet experienced team, catered lunches _everyday_, your choice of Mac or PC (dev team is almost all Mac now), good benefits. Our office has superhero posters all over the walls.

Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.

From HN, we've hired an intern and full-time dev (me). These posts do work!

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (January 2012)

My employer (LucidMedia Networks) still is growing so I keep posting. Simple as that.

I'm not sure how many applicants apply to the companies listed, but I think our application quantity might be lower than average. Could be location (not SF, NYC, Boston), tech stack, low profile . . . not sure. There isn't feedback on the posts. Oddly, we also sometimes get posts from HNers outside the US, but we never advertise for them.

We've hired a full-time dev (myself) and an intern who just started recently from the pool of HNers. These things do work (and I state this in the post monthly).

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Should me and my girlfriend apply for YC?

They could break up due to stress during or failure of the start-up. They just have to make sure that their relationship and the outcome of their venture aren't tied together.

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

Reston, VA (west of Washington, DC) - FULL TIME, INTERN, CONTRACTOR (H1B maybe if already in US)

Lucidmedia Networks - http://www.lucidmedia.com

Internet ad network startup looking primarily for Java developers (experience with SQL and front-end web experience would be great too). The Internet advertising industry is quite complex behind the scenes and somewhat parallels the structure of the financial markets. We are analogous to a high frequency trading firm, buying page views to serve ads in real-time on exchanges like that of Google or Yahoo. Our server software runs on Spring, MySQL, Redis, and AWS at a glance. We handle about a billion page impressions a day. Big data, big throughput.

Small yet experienced team, catered lunches _everyday_, your choice of Mac or PC (dev team is almost all Mac now), good benefits. Our office has superhero posters all over the walls.

Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.

I actually got hired through a HN "Who is Hiring" thread. These things do work!

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: What are the best ways to find and recruit interns for start up?

Check the Who's Hiring threads:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3181796 (November)

This is such a long thread that it is actually paginated so make sure to go the next page via the More link at the bottom and search each page for intern/INTERN.

sahil_lmnon Ask HN - Need career advice

> However I don't know where can I find startup jobs

Have you looked at the monthly "Who is Hiring?" thread here on HN?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3181796

This post might be useful on transitioning your career:

http://vermasque.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-quitting-your-progr...

What country are you in? It might be more difficult if not in the USA.

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (November 2011)

Reston, VA (west of Washington, DC) - FULL TIME, INTERN, CONTRACTOR (H1B maybe if already in US)

Lucidmedia Networks - http://www.lucidmedia.com

Internet ad network startup looking primarily for Java developers (experience with SQL and front-end web experience would be great too). The Internet advertising industry is quite complex behind the scenes and somewhat parallels the structure of the financial markets. We are analogous to a high frequency trading firm, buying page views to serve ads in real-time on exchanges like that of Google or Yahoo. Our server software runs on Spring, MySQL, Redis, and AWS at a glance. We handle at least a billion page impressions a day. Big data, big throughput. Small yet experienced team, catered lunches _everyday_, your choice of Mac or PC (dev team is almost all Mac now), good benefits. Our office has superhero posters all over the walls.

Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.

I actually got hired through a HN "Who is Hiring" thread. These things do work!

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: How do you keep track of your ideas?

A combination of things that isn't optimal: - Text files, named by date, in a directory called "notes" - Items in my to-do list in Astrid (app for Android) - For things I've thought a lot about, either text files of their own or pages of a notebook (the latter being rare).

I was actually thinking about building an app to deal with this. However, EverNote looks appealing and I should try it out . . .

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011)

Interns welcome too.

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011)

This is the second story about a "drone" that I've heard in 3 days. I'm surprised that people like this slip by and linger without providing much value . . .

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011)

Reston, VA (west of Washington, DC) - Full Time or Contractor (H1B maybe if already in US)

Lucidmedia Networks - http://www.lucidmedia.com

Internet ad network startup looking primarily for Java developers (experience with SQL and front-end web experience would be great too). The Internet advertising industry is quite complex behind the scenes and somewhat parallels the structure of the financial markets. We are analogous to a high frequency trading firm, buying page views to serve ads in real-time on exchanges like that of Google or Yahoo. Our server software runs on Spring, MySQL, Redis, and AWS at a glance. We handle about a billion page impressions a day. Big data, big throughput.

Small yet experienced team, catered lunches _everyday_, your choice of Mac or PC (dev team is almost all Mac now), good benefits. Our office has superhero posters all over the walls.

Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.

I actually got hired through a HN "Who is Hiring" thread. These things do work!

sahil_lmnon Show HN: Review my weekend project: Meetings, a web-based chat & file share app

What's the motivation for building this?

Interface looks pretty clean . . .

sahil_lmnon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (September 2011)

Reston, VA (west of Washington, DC) - Full Time (H1B maybe)

Lucidmedia Networks - http://www.lucidmedia.com

Internet ad network startup looking primarily for Java developers (experience with SQL and front-end web experience would be great too). The Internet advertising industry is quite complex behind the scenes and somewhat parallels the structure of the financial markets. We are analogous to a high frequency trading firm, buying page views to serve ads in real-time on exchanges like that of Google or Yahoo. Our server software runs on Spring, MySQL, Redis, and AWS at a glance. We handle about a billion page impressions a day. Big data, big throughput.

Small yet experienced team, catered lunches everyday, your choice of Mac or PC (dev team is almost all Mac now), good benefits. Our office has superhero posters all over the walls.

Contact me directly at sahil_lmn@yahoo.com.

I actually got hired through a HN "Who is Hiring" thread. These things do work!