September 2009
Another successful internship story
Last year's winter intern, Christine from DePaul, wrote this fall with some great news in these challenging economic times:
I am happy to let you know that I have been offered a full time position as Statistical Research Analyst at The Nielsen Company! Thank you very much for your help in providing me with a letter of recommendation. It was certainly a decisive document in the hiring process. The brief time I spent at Neoteric Design has certainly paved my career path.
I am happy to let you know that I have been offered a full time position as Statistical Research Analyst at The Nielsen Company! Thank you very much for your help in providing me with a letter of recommendation. It was certainly a decisive document in the hiring process. The brief time I spent at Neoteric Design has certainly paved my career path.
Congratulations, Christine! You deserve it!
We're hiring: junior web UI developer
Update: this position has been filled. Thanks.
You'll be working in a fast-moving, four-person design shop in the heart of Chicago's design district, River North. Expect to handle multiple projects throughout the day, and interact directly with designers, developers, and clients. We use an agile, iterative style of design and development; expect rapid revisions and implementation cycles using SCRUM methodologies.
Requirements.
Expert knowledge in xHTML/CSS, modern markup techniques, and the major Javascript libraries that make interactive web UI experiences possible. You'll be working with layered Photoshop mockups; all markup is hand-crafted. This position is not primarily a design position; however, you should be able to iterate over CSS design revisions easily.
We're primarily a Macintosh shop; Microsoft skills noted but not needed. PHP/Rails desirable. Experience with CMS systems--Movable Type, Expression Engine, WordPress a plus.
You must provide three examples of your own development work, two references, pay history, and a link to your portfolio site. Interested? Email your cover letter and a resume to jobs@neotericdesign.com. If interviewed, you'll be asked for an hour of your time to demonstrate your JS library chops to the team.
Note this position is on location only: contractors, recruiters, off-shore development firms, please hold your fire. Really! Don't ring us! It's going to waste your time and ours! Thanks.
The fun stuff.
We're centrally located in River North; Ed and Nick bike to work daily, and the CTA is right outside. Within blocks we have dozens of lunch options, and kick out together on the occasion to discuss work, music, the art scene, technology, what have you. Our office is on the small side, open planned, Ikea throughout. We are essentially collaborative: tossing ideas back and forth, brainstorming together, solving problems cooperatively. We iTunes DJ most of the day, or someone will lead tunes for a few hours across the shared sound system; it's a benevolent democracy until Nick plays ragas or something too minimalist or house or Holiday tunes and gets voted off the speakers. We care intensely about what we do; you'll have the opportunity to work with design and usability experts, and grow your skills through seminars, conferences, and the like.
Windy City Rails
Nick and I had the opportunity to go to Windy City Rails, a one-day conference for Rails developers, over the weekend. It was a really great day, jam-packed with useful talks. We also learned a ton in the rSpec/Cucumber afternoon session (thanks to David Chelimsky and Corey Haines). And, perhaps surprisingly, the catered food was actually good!
If you’re familiar with github, I’ve posted some notes that I took during the morning sessions over at http://github.com/jgdavey/wcr-notes.
I’ll likely be writing a follow-up post about some of my conclusions, especially after some lively discussions.
Thanks to the whole Windy City Rails team for a great day. I can’t wait until next year.
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