In the Bay Area / Silicon Valley, things are crazy (again), for Android talent in particular and probably senior experience in general. I have leads in the DC area also since I was there for 13 years, I'll look soon. I have plenty of leads (people wanting to hire me) on the West Coast, so ping me if you want a referral.
My best email address is: [email protected], but this one is fine too. Stephen On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Ted Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/8/2012 12:29 PM, Brian Conrad wrote: > >> On 03/08/2012 08:43 AM, Chris Stratton wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, March 8, 2012 10:36:37 AM UTC-5, Veronica wrote: >>> >>>> I am working on hiring developers who have experience in Android >>>> development. I'm finding it a challenge. I understand that's a >>>> relatively new technology so the employee pool is still growing. >>>> >>> >>> Unless you are in a situation where in addition to project time frames >>> being extremely short, the period of product lifetime during which code >>> must be maintained, supported, and potentially improved is also quite >>> short, then it really makes sense to search for those with software >>> engineering skills, rather than than focus on the specific target >>> technology. It's true that every platform and language has its quirks >>> and >>> thus learning curve, but its also true that most of the architectural and >>> implementation mistakes which create schedule and reliability nightmares >>> are "old" ones which have been made many times before in many preceding >>> technologies. >>> >>> >> Reminds me of the days in the mid-90s where companies were asking for 5 >> years of Java programming experience when Java had only been around 3 >> years. :D >> > I remember those days and I'm seeing similar ads for Android developers > now. Shows a disconnect somewhere between HR departments and engineering. > > I'm a greybeard developer learning Android and finding it a comfortable > platform. most of the learning issues I'm having are related to UI and > graphics, but that is consistent with my background as a server guy more > than a UI guy. > > Oh, I'm in the DC area and looking for a gig. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to > android-discuss@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscribe@ > **googlegroups.com <android-discuss%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/android-discuss?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en> > . > > -- > -- > Stephen D. Williams [email protected] [email protected] LinkedIn: > http://sdw.st/in > V:650-450-UNIX (8649) V:866.SDW.UNIX V:703.371.9362 F:703.995.0407 > AIM:sdw Skype:StephenDWilliams Resume: http://sdw.st/gres > Personal: sdw.st facebook.com/sdwlig twitter.com/scienteer > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
