Hi Xavier, Thanks for the information and congrats to Adolfo!
What do you think? Would you like to work for Farsides under those terms? > Yes, I'd be happy to work as an occasional contractor. > > If you would, I'd be glad to count you among us :) > And I'd be glad to be counted among you :) Regards, Matjaz On 06/12/2011 07:05 PM, Xavier Antoviaque wrote: Hi Matjaz, No worries - let's keep it for 10:00 GMT+2 then : ) Talk to you tomorrow morning! Xavier. On 06/12/2011 02:40 PM, Matjaz Gregoric wrote: Hi Xavier, Unfortunately, I have another meeting scheduled at 13:00, which will probably last 4 - 5 hours, so 15:00 wouldn't work for me. I hope 10:00 is not too much trouble for you. Best Regards, Matjaz . On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Xavier Antoviaque <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Matjaz, > > Would it be still be possible for you to have the meeting around 15:00 > GMT+2, instead? > > If it's complicated for you we can still have it at 10:00 as planned - but > if you can move it to 15:00 it would help me. > > Thanks - and sorry for the short notice. > > Cheers, > Xavier. > > > On 06/10/2011 06:55 PM, Xavier Antoviaque wrote: > > Perfect! See you there, > > Xavier. > > > On 06/09/2011 01:07 PM, Matjaz Gregoric wrote: > > Hello Xavier, > > I am confirming the meeting on Monday at 10:00. I'm looking forward to it. > > Best Regards, > Matjaz > > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Xavier Antoviaque > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Matjaz >> >> Thanks for your reply! >> >> Monday June 13th at 10am GMT+2 is perfect. >> >> To meet, the best would be to come on the #farsides chan on >> irc.freenode.net that day (or http://farsides.com/chat/ ) - we'll then >> see together for the presentation. >> >> See you next week, >> Xavier. >> >> >> On 06/08/2011 05:26 PM, Matjaz Gregoric wrote: >> >> Hello Xavier, >> >> I am happy to know that I am still among the candidates. I am also on >> GMT+2. I am available to meet either this Friday (10th June), or this Monday >> (13th June). Both days would suit me either at around 10:00 or at around >> 15:00. If none of these dates/times suit you, I can propose other >> alternatives. >> >> Best Regards, >> Matjaz >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Xavier Antoviaque >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Matjaz >>> >>> Many thanks for answering all those questions - it really helped me. And >>> I'm happy to report that you passed the second filter (now in the top 10% >>> :p). >>> >>> To start discussing a bit more directly, I'd like to return you the favor >>> of introducing yourselves, and present you a bit more in details what we do >>> and how we do it. Even if almost everything is public with Farsides, the >>> beginning can often be a bit overwhelming... To help you to get an accurate >>> picture, I've put together a presentation/training, which can take between >>> 1-2 hours. It's essentially a good excuse to discuss things and answer any >>> question you may have. >>> >>> The best would be to plan it out on a day where you would be available >>> afterwards, for a test task, if we both chose to give it a try based on our >>> discussion during the training. Any day of the week is fine with me - just >>> keep in mind that I'm on GMT+2. If you can, try to propose several >>> dates×, it will help me : ) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Xavier. >>> >>> >>> On 06/02/2011 04:40 PM, Matjaz Gregoric wrote: >>> >>> Hello Xavier, >>> >>> Nice to meet you, too! >>> >>> >>> I've run a first round of selection over the candidatures we received >>>> so far, and I'm happy to report that yours is in the good 20% pile : ) >>>> >>> >>> That's nice to hear, thank you :) >>> Below are my answers to the provided questions. >>> >>> >>> ============ >>>> Questions >>>> ============ >>>> >>>> == Intro/background == >>>> >>>> * Can you describe yourself briefly? What did you work on so far ? >>>> >>> >>> I have a B.S in Physics. I have been working as a software developer full >>> time ever since I graduated. I have been programming for the web most of the >>> time. At the beginning of my career I worked mostly with Python and the >>> TurboGears framework, but switched to using Ruby on Rails about 2 years ago. >>> Lately I have been very interested in Clojure but unfortunately didn't yet >>> get a chance to use it professionally. >>> >>> >>> * Why are you looking at a new job? And why with Farsides? >>>> >>> >>> I am looking for a new job because I not satisfied with my current >>> full-time position. The salary is low, the management prefers quickly >>> produced code over well-developed and tested code, and I feel like I would >>> be stagnating professionally if I didn't move further. One of the main >>> things that drives me is trying to constantly improve my professional skills >>> and learn new concepts and technologies and I feel I've reached a point >>> where I wouldn't be improving much if I stayed with my current employer much >>> longer. >>> >>> I can imagine developing games being a lot of fun. I enjoy working as a >>> software developer, but some extra fun never hurts. Since I never developed >>> games before, this also means I would learn something new, which would make >>> me happy. >>> >>> I am very pleased to know that you work transparently and publish your >>> code under a Free license. I like the OSS community and my current employer >>> hasn't been very supportive in this area. >>> >>> I have spent most of my career working in an agile environment, most of >>> the time working from home, so your decentralised model would suit me very >>> well. >>> >>> >>> * Are you looking for a part time or a full time ? If part time, how >>>> many days or half days per week ? >>>> >>> >>> I am looking for full time eventually, although wouldn't mind if I start >>> out part time to see how well we can work together. At first, I could do 3 >>> half days, but we can also discuss other arrangements. >>> >>> >>> * How much were you earning in your last job ? >>>> >>> >>> I currently earn about 13 EUR/hour at my full time regular job. >>> >>> >>> * How much do you wish to earn at Farsides ? >>>> >>> >>> I would be happy with 20 EUR/hour. >>> >>> >>> >>>> * Are you currently a freelancer ? >>>> >>> >>> No, I have a full-time regular job. I do manage to occasionally work on >>> some extra projects, although since my baby son was born (six months ago) I >>> didn't have a lot of extra time >>> >>> >>>> >>>> * Where do you live ? >>>> >>> >>> I live in Slovenia, a small country in Europe. >>> >>> >>> == Technical == >>>> >>>> Don't worry if you don't have experience in some areas - working is more >>>> fun when we have something to learn : ) >>>> >>>> * What is the operating system you have the most experience with? >>>> >>> >>> That's an interesting question :) I use a ThinkPad laptop which came >>> preinstalled with Windows Vista. Despite Vista's bad reputation it has been >>> the most stable system I have ever used, so I never really found a reason to >>> switch to another OS. >>> I am however also familiar with linux - most of the projects I have done >>> have been deployed on linux. >>> >>> >>> * What are your favorites development languages/frameworks? >>>> >>> >>> I mostly use Ruby on Rails professionally, but I am also a fan of Sinatra >>> (which is small Ruby web framework). I am currently very excited about >>> Clojure and the web development ecosystem has been growing around it (Ring, >>> Compojure, Aleph...). >>> >>> >>> * Did you contribute to free software projects already (code or other) >>>> ? (if yes, please include a link) >>>> >>> >>> Yes, I did make small contributions to various libraries, most can be >>> seen from my github profile: >>> >>> https://github.com/mtyaka >>> >>> I made the most substantial contributions to leiningen, which is a build >>> tool for Clojure. I have been making sure it works well on Windows (Windows >>> support was very poor when I began using leiningen): >>> >>> https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen/contributors >>> >>> My favorite contribution to any OSS project is probably a patch for a >>> JRuby issue that caused Rails sessions to fail under certain circumstances ( >>> http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-4442 and >>> http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-3530): >>> >>> https://github.com/mtyaka/jruby/commit/62c53837907da206e2915a8f357b813dc4167ae3 >>> >>> >>> * What is your experience with the following >>>> - Object oriented development: >>>> >>> >>> I am experienced with OOP concepts. >>> >>> >>>> - git: >>>> >>> >>> I use git daily. >>> >>> >>>> - Symfony: >>>> >>> >>> I have no experience with Symfony, and although I have used PHP on a >>> couple of projects, I cannot say that I am a PHP expert. >>> >>> >>>> - Facebook/social network APIs: >>>> >>> >>> I don't have much experience in this area, but would enjoy getting more >>> familiar with it. >>> >>> - Unit tests: >>>> >>> >>> I write unit tests and believe all production-quality code should come >>> with an extensive test suite. >>> >>> >>>> - Online communities >>>> >>> >>> Some of the applications that I've built did require some social network >>> type functionality, although I never worked on an application that would be >>> completely centered around a community, but this is something that I am very >>> interested in. >>> >>> >>>> - Games: >>>> >>> >>> When I was learning JavaScript, I wrote a half functioning toy >>> implementation of Tetris. I don't have any other game developing experience >>> beyond that, but again this is something that I would like to experience. >>> >>> >>> >>>> - SCRUM: >>>> >>> >>> I have been working in an agile environment for my entire career, but >>> I've never really practiced any formal methodologies, such as SCRUM. I don't >>> think it would be hard for me to get used to it, though. >>> >>> >>> I hope to hear from you again. >>> Best Regards, >>> Matjaz >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Xavier. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Xavier. >> >> > > -- > Xavier. > > > -- > Xavier. > > -- Xavier. -- > Xavier. > >
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