Tim, thats what I've found ... 'smarts' > arbitrary resume padding. If someone is excited to work with node, and has a mind for software, they can literally accomplish anything with node. Its a very simple and open platform and its up to the programmer to do cool stuff with it.
On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 11:31:51 AM UTC-8, Tim Caswell wrote: > > That's awesome Brian, I went a similar route in the early days of node. I > quit my senior PHP position to work on node full time, and now some > consider me a node expert. There is no shortage of smart people in the > world, that's for sure. > > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Brian Link <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> RE Hiring, I have found it difficult to find node 'pros' that are >> looking for a new job, however, we have started migrating some of our PHP >> devs (who have a little js experience) over to some node projects and they >> are able to become productive very quickly (a month or so). With time, >> they'll be architecting systems of their own. >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:01:06 PM UTC-8, David Jacobs wrote: >>> >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> I would love to convince my new company to build our platform using >>> Nodejs as our server-side language. Node is a possibility for our small >>> team, but a few questions will have to be answered before I can convince >>> everyone that it's worth using: >>> >>> 1. Would it be harder to hire if we built our apps with Node? (We're a >>> startup in the Bay Area.) More specifically: Hiring for people who know >>> about or already love Node seems like a nice filter for talent, but is it >>> too stringent of a filter? What percentage of the community wants to code >>> using Node professionally but isn't right now? Do we have metrics on that? >>> >>> 2. What are good examples of complex domains that have been tackled with >>> Node web apps and API layers? >>> >>> 3. What major road blocks have teams discovered at the edges of Node? >>> >>> What other tips do you have for convincing an employer that the language >>> makes good business sense? >>> >>> Best, >>> David >>> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
