We are one of the fastest growing startups in the Triangle, backed by top tier VCs. And we just moved into a beautiful new office! We are hiring for multiple engineering positions, as well as other positions.
For me there were a lot of factors, but the biggest one was that the large tech company was my first job out of college, and I didn't want to stay there for the next 40 years. So, after 4 or so years, I left to try something different and see what was out there in the big bold world. I don't regret it at all. Perhaps I will end up at a big tech company again someday, but until then, I'm enjoying lots of other experiences (startups, mid size companies, etc).
Same. Worked for IBM for a year, while I was still in uni, didn't enjoy it because of how you were just another cog in the machine. I just thought, I wouldn't want to look back in 20 years and think I wasted opportunities by staying there. Now I'm working for a company with a 3 man software development team and it's so much more rewarding and satisfying.
We (Spring Metrics) are indeed interested in hiring Ruby devs. http://www.springmetrics.com/jobs.html When does the visa arrive? Can you bribe someone to get it faster? ;-)
If only I knew! It should be relatively soon now (next month or so), but we've managed to hit so many bumps along the way, including a period where the visa application sat untouched in Texas for almost six months last year, that I don't want to jinx it :).
My comments on this launch here: http://friendlyrank.com/okstupid.html
tl;dr -> I build a version of this a year and a half ago - they looked at it and said they weren't interested in it, then went off and cloned it. I'm not happy.
We are a 4 year old startup, just featured yesterday in LinkedIn's list of top 50 startups in the country https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-companies-startu...
We are hiring for multiple engineering positions:
* Back-end Engineer: Go, NoSQL, Google Cloud - http://smrtr.io/IG_AXg
* Sr. Back-end Engineer: Go, NoSQL, Google Cloud - http://smrtr.io/7E8aLA
* Front-end Engineer: Frameworked and non-frameworked JavaScript - http://smrtr.io/OcHi0w
Plus many more jobs such as Marketing, Recruiting, Sales and more: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/Pendo
Apply via the website, but feel free to hit me up with questions at shannon (@) pendo dot io