I am President of Shop.com and know and love Haskell (and FP in general).
Nonetheless, the issue with using Haskell commercially is that:
* we cannot afford the training costs associated with getting new
programmers up to speed and finding programmers at all (much less Haskell
programmers) is fairly difficult.
* Haskell interfaces with databases and existing Java libraries are not
all that complete/clean
All that being said, we are just now building our team out. If we can get
a critical mass of good functional programmers who want to work in our NY
office, I would definitely be willing to explore developing our site using
FP techniques if not languages.
Shop.com is a pre-IPO idealab!-backed company. We now have funding and
are looking for people in New York City who have:
* competence with Java, JDBC and SQL
* competence with functional programming (in python or haskell)
* experience with CVS, Linux, and Apache
* experience building database backed web sites
We are also trying to establish an enjoyable environment for
developers. The progamming style here will follow a mix of XP and
McConnell style:
* daily huddle (reduces meetings)
* daily build & smoke (the site must always be publishable)
* pair programming (rather than code reviews)
* bugs fixes come first
* active risk management
* UI prototype and acceptance tests before coding
If you are interested, please send your info to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Alex-
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S. Alexander Jacobson Shop.Com
1-212-420-7700 voice The Easiest Way To Shop (sm)
On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Benjamin Leon Russell wrote:
> Speaking of Haskell- and Haskell-related- jobs, does anybody know of any
good Haskell internships? Somebody told me that there are many more
academic opportunities in functional programming in England than here, but
what about non-academic ones?
>
> --Ben Russell
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:44:27 -0500
> Brett Letner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Group -
> >
> > Does anyone out there know of any haskell, or haskell
> > related jobs in the
> > U.S.?
> > If so, please let me know so that I can send a resume (or
> > you can find it
> > on the internet at resumes.dice.com/bletner).
> > I've searched sites like hotjobs.com and monster.com but
> > haven't found
> > much.
> >
> > I appologize for sending this since it is off-topic, but
> > as payment I offer
> > a few tidbits you might enjoy...
> > 1) If you want some blank stares, start talking to a
> > contracting company
> > sales-rep about haskell and why you want to work with it.
> > 2) If you are lonely, post a resume to the major job
> > sites with C++ and
> > UNIX and indicate you are willing to relocate.
> > 3) Anybody think there is a market for teaching haskell
> > in industry? This
> > is about the only way I can think of to earn a living and
> > work with haskell
> > at the same time.
> > 4) Should I just try for a Ph.D. and wait for the rest
> > of the country to
> > catch up?
> >
> > Any ideas or leads would be appreciated.
> > Thanks
> > Brett Letner
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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