In answer to (1) - I'm a bit rusty, but I believe Java allows objects of the same type to access other objects' private data. I definitely agree that it's gross, but it exists elsewhere.
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We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.
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We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $800B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us:
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I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, incredibly high-leverage group of engineers. Even after two years, I still love going to the office each morning. I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met, on software that is going to modernize an industry that's fundamental to the modern world. No team I've ever been on, including at Amazon, has felt like I could have this kind of impact.
We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.
If you're in Seattle, in tech, and interested in the business, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. Help us grow an amazing tech team from a very early point in our company's history!
We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $800B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us:
I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, incredibly high-leverage engineering team. Even after two years, I still love going to the office each morning. I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met, on software that is going to modernize a fundamental industry. No company I've ever been at, including Amazon, has felt like I could have this kind of impact.
We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.
If you're in Seattle, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. This job’s been a wild ride, and it’s really only beginning!
We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $749B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us: http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/superstar-investors-back-convo....
I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, high leverage engineering team. I love arriving at the office in the morning - I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met. No company I've ever been at, including Amazon, has felt like this much potential for impact.
We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.
If you're in Seattle, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. The last 18 months have been a wild ride, but we have years and years ahead of us to build a logistics titan!
Worked one place with a roughly 50/50 split between "subjective manager's opinion" and transparent business KPIs. It was OK. My work partially affected the KPIs so they were sort of fair.
KPIs like "share price" and "revenue" where you as Software Engineer #39 have little effect can be frustrating but at least they're transparent and you can connect the dots between that number and your compensation.
We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $749B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us: http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/superstar-investors-back-convo...
I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, high leverage engineering team. I love arriving at the office in the morning - I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met. No company I've ever been at, including Amazon, has felt like this much potential for impact.
We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.
If you're in Seattle, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other engineers. The last 18 months have been a wild ride, but we have years and years ahead of us to build a logistics titan!
I don't agree. I've seen some very junior people change their attitudes rapidly (for the better) when working on a team; if we wrote them off immediately we'd lose out on a lot of promising people.
I was also one of those developers and have since changed my ways :)
Our definitions of "over confident assholes" may differ, perhaps? :)
Absolutely however I do agree with you. If a young developer doesn't integrate into a team role immediately, that's no reason to not hire him.
A lot of great developers are so great because they've spent years alone with their computers just cranking out code. So the best ones won't have the greatest social skills.
But if the kid's still having trouble integrating into their team role after their 6 month probationary period, for example, I personally wouldn't vouch for them any longer.
If there are five equally inexperienced applicants in the wings that will get along with everyone without having an attitude-smackdown first, then that's absolutely a reason not to hire them.
The worst problems I've ever seen on teams spring from people that are arrogant and standoffish, followed closely by people that are too dogmatic about technical minutiae and best practices in the face of situations that require flexibility (my classic example is the prototyping team that spent two weeks setting up an automated testing and deployment infrastructure, even though they only had six weeks to do their game prototype).
I'd take a pleasant junior that's really green but is happy to learn how to code better over a more technically proficient asshole that needs to have manners jammed down their throat any day - tech skills can be taught to a newbie, personality cannot. People have had a couple decades to cement personality habits as junior programmers, so those are mostly fixed, whereas tech skills are super fresh and malleable.
We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $749B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us: http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/superstar-investors-back-convo...
I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, high leverage engineering team. I love arriving at the office in the morning - I get to work with some of the smartest folks I've ever met, and not just in engineering. We also have a fantastic sales/operations/brokerage team, and we work with them constantly to build best-of-breed logistics automation.
We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.
If you're in Seattle, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other engineers. The last 18 months have been a wild ride, but we have years and years ahead of us to build a logistics titan!
