I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at BizConf held in Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach. I have nothing but respect for those who worked so hard to organize such and incredible conference.
Hashrocket did an excellent job at organizing and bringing together so many talented people under the same roof. I remember at one point the audience was asked how many had published a book, almost half of the room lifted their hands, that’s something.
There were about 75 attendes and often four tracks. The talks were intimated and often became more like a very fun workshop where questions were welcomed and encouraged.
The location, hotel and food were absolutely stellar and the hallway conversation where superb. On the first morning I had the pleasure to have breakfast with Jerry Weinberg one of my personal heroes. Another highlight was being able to attend James Duncan Davidson’s workshop on photography where I learn a lot about both the technical and business aspects of the trade.
If you missed it this year make sure you signup early for next year. More Photos
We have a couple open positions at Hoodiny and I would like to share some detail here. Some require physical presence in our Miami Beach office, most of them don’t.
Web Developers
We are looking to hire 1 to 2 knowledgeable Rails developers to join our team. Remote is absolutely OK. The ideal candidate will love to debug and solve problems, be available to work from 10-6 EDT and follow through with everything he/she commits to complete.
QA Engineer/Support Developer
We are also looking for a QA engineer confortable with automated testing tools such as selenium, remote is also ok for this position. Knowledge of rspec/shoulda/cucumber is a plus.
Java Developers/Database Expert
We are searching for someone confortable with supporting legacy Java systems having also a handle on relational databases (MySQL and/or PostgreSQL preferred). Experience with Tomcat, PostgreSQL, Apache, SVN, XML/XSLT, HTML/JS is a plus. Once again a remote position is also perfectly acceptable.
User Acceptance Expert
We are also looking to hire a user acceptance expert to help us test and and troubleshoot our suite of applications. This position will require you to be in our Miami Beach office daily. The ideal candidate will show an extreme level of attention to details and excellent communication skills.
User Experience Web Designer
Lastly we are looking for a UI/UX expert to confortable with designing highly usable web applications. Proficient at developing clean HTML/CSS, HAML experience is a plus. This positions is also only for the Miami office.
Please contact me for more details bmiranda at hoodiny dot com