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San Francisco, CA.

Follow us on twitter at @ThoughtLeadr

ThoughtLeadr is an angel-funded early stage B2B startup. We're building social media analytics, targeting and engagement solutions for content-generation sites (think reddit, not facebook).

We are located in SOMA in San Francisco and are looking for candidates to work out of SF. We'll pay relocation expenses for the right candidate.

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Opening #1: Web Developer

You should be accomplished and comfortable designing web front-ends. You should have at least some experience with some of the following technologies (not all, that would be pretty nuts!):

HTML/XHTML/CSS

JavaScript

Raphael.js

D3.js

Node.js or Python

Please send your resume and links to sample code/sites/portfolio to jobs@thoughtleadr.com

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Opening #2: Designer

Mandatory:

Must be able to translate high-level concepts into elegant user experience design

Must be able to create user work flows, interaction models, and screen designs

Must be able to do elegant data visualization

Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills

Uber-comfortable with a white board

Pluses:

Portfolio of well-designed web projects

Strong visual design skills (knowledge of topography, color, use of color)

Ability to prototype HTML, CSS, and Javascript

Please send resume & portfolio link to jobs@thoughtleadr.com

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Opening #3: Linux Administrator

We're looking to hire a very smart Linux admin to help support our back-end systems. Be prepared to deal with BIG data and tons of servers.

You should be ultra-comfortable on a Linux CLI. In particular, Ubuntu. You should have at least some experience with some of the following technologies (not all, that would be pretty nuts!):

Opscode

Chef

Puppet

MongoDB

Riak (NoSQL)

Distributed Task Queues

nginx

ruby or python

email your resume to jobs@thoughtleadr.com

Thanks!


If you're such a rockstar, why bother with YC at all?


I certainly am not claiming to be a Rockstar however I will answer your question in the best way I know how.

I believe in people truly adding value, I know from experience (knowing YC Alums) that YC adds value and can turn a good product into a great product. I am not too proud to know that there are lots of people out there who are Faster, Stronger, Smarter and probably better looking than me however I am also aware that if I am not actively seeking out those people (I believe YC has tons of them) then I am already a step behind those who are.

So while I truly believe with the right product and vision I will succeed no matter what I find no harm in trying to better myself via a program like YC.


I view YC as marketing. You gain exposure to your product/company/people via YC. You pay for the marketing with equity instead of cash.


I would say the same reason many established companies have. For the connections and learning that only YC can provide.


I wouldn't say anything YC provides can't be found elsewhere with some good old fashioned elbow grease and networking. But for a lot of people it will offer a big head start.

EDIT: What's with the downvotes? I thought HN was mostly hivemind-free, but I guess not when it comes to YC?


Source?


http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373870,00.asp

"I think the holdup on GOOG/Groupon deal is size of break-up fee if Gov't blocks deal," wrote Venrock venture capitalist David Pakman in a Twitter message early December 3.


San Francisco, CA (H1B friendly, entry-level OK)

ThoughtLeadr (www.thoughtleadr.com) is an angel-funded early stage B2B startup. We're building social media analytics, ad targeting and engagement solutions for content-generation sites (think reddit, not facebook).

We're looking to hire a very smart engineer to help build and support our back-end systems. Be prepared to deal with BIG data.

Be very comfortable on a linux command line and have a deep understanding of programming concepts.

email your resume & sample code to jobs@thoughtleadr.com


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