It might not be them, but as an aside: if Sky are moving up to Leeds and trying to recruit NWRUG'ers, I'd encourage all of you to consider their roles if you're not 100% happy in the ones you're in.
I interviewed for them a few years back in Brent and was offered a role, turned it down as had something more interesting on the table and their (commercial outsource). In my (London) local pub there is a regular who works there and has worked on Now TV, SkyBet, etc. who is not just content, but positively over-joyed at getting to work on the stuff he gets to work on. He rarely seems stressed. He's a Yorkshireman by birth, perhaps he has encouraged them to move up there. ;-) IIRC, the money is OK (but not great - they seemed to be about 5% below normal market in 2010), you get free Sky TV at home which if you wanted all the bundles would be worth about £1200/year retail, the team seem quite into pushing what they can do and using newer technologies, and it's a large consumer-facing brand that has a lot of interesting challenges because they are already "at" scale of tens of millions of users who are more than happy to complain if something is not right. They do not have as much of the technical debt or internal politics of other broadcaster/media brands I've heard about, and it seems they're quite keen to try new tech and processes. But if they're opening up in Leeds, the best bit if you do fancy working for them, is you don't have to work in Brent. On 5 February 2015 at 16:55, Francis Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > I was approached by someone from Sky on LinkedIn - apparently they're > creating a big team in Leeds? Being brought up and living Merseyside I said > no thanks. > > Up to you, of course, and it might not be them ... > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Victoria Howling <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Look at you joining the darkside! You'll put me out a job ;) >> >> >> On Wednesday, 4 February 2015 21:20:12 UTC, Mackstar wrote: >>> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I am not a recruiter and rarely post this stuff out, but I have found >>> out about a really good full time gig in Leeds for a large stable >>> organisation. >>> >>> The pay I hear is between 55-65K and they are looking for a Ruby >>> specialist with all the usual test driven goodness along with some JS >>> (Angular preferred). >>> >>> I would be tempted myself but am enjoying contracting a little too >>> much to make the jump. >>> >>> If you are interested get in touch. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Richard >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NWRUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Thanks and Regards, > > Francis > > 07764 225 942 > > "So when targets seem stupid, arbitrary and unfair it's because they *are*. > The only way to improve is to look at the whole system people are operating > with, the basic tools, their training, how much initiative they are > allowed, are you measuring the right things (more about that later) and > then you can improve. But it's the *system* you improve, not the people you > beat into performing even worse." Unicorns in the mist > <https://leanpub.com/unicorns> > > CV http://www.pharmarketeer.com/francis.html > > Lean Teams Consultancy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
