Relevance is Hiring Two Developers

  • Posted By Rob Sanheim on October 31, 2007
    describe "Relevance is hiring two principal developers" do
      rockstar = Developer.find(:all, :order => "excellence desc", :limit => 2).first

      they "eat, sleep, and breathe agility" do
        rockstar.should.love "pair programming" 
        rockstar.should.love "open spaces" 
        rockstar.should.love "small teams" 
      end

      they "build the highest quality apps in the business" do
        rockstar.should.select_at_least_one [:ruby, :lisp, :haskell, :javascript, :etc]
        rockstar.min_code_coverage.should.be 100.percent
        rockstar.should.solicit_feedback.from ["customers", "coworkers", "community"]
      end

      they "should be active in the community" do
        rockstar.should.contribute_to :open_source
        rockstar.should.attend :railsconf, :oscon, :user_groups
        rockstar.should.attend(:rubyconf_2007).and_talk_to :relevance
      end

      they "come to work at Relevance" do
        rockstar.expects(Benefits.find_best)
        rockstar.expects(Tools.find_best)
        rockstar.expects(Powerthirst)
        rockstar.should.relocate.to ("Beautiful Chapel Hill")
        rockstar.should.email jobs@thinkrelevance.com
        Relevance.hire! rockstar
      end
    end

Someone once said, “We are here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” If you feel as strongly about this as we do, we want to hear from you.

update: Added an important spec about relocating to Chapel Hill. We strongly believe that smart people colocated is the way to go. Besides, Chapel Hill is a fantastic place to live and work. Relocation help is a possibility for the right people.

Refactoring JavaScript

  • Posted By Stuart Halloway on October 22, 2007

For the last several months I have been giving a series of talks entitled Refactotum, teaching developers how to refactor code and contribute back to open source projects. So far I have been working with Java and Ruby, but this week at the Ajax Experience I will be taking on JavaScript, and refactoring YuiDomCollapse.

You can grab the slides here.