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Job profiling assignment
5 Companies:
1. Go Spot Check
Alumni: Nathan Oswiany- Go Spot Check
Go Spot Check - Rails, JavaScript, Backbone
Pros: Close proximity, 100% pairing, great culture, well liked, Turing alum works there, free food, parking, fast growing
Cons: Smaller company, don't know where it'll be in future
Contacted recruiter, will send resume and apply
2. Sendgrid
https://github.com/sendgrid
Sendgrid - Go
Pros: Larger company, very established, close proximity
Cons: Different tech stack, not hiring, no junior devs, mentoring?
Will apply to job I'm not qualified for, might have an in with the foundry group
3. Workmonger
Workmonger- whatever tech stack
Pros: Austin! Ed tech
Cons: Super small, no tech team, would start alone
none, keep in touch
4. Title Guaranty Hawaii
Title Guaranty Hawaii- .NET, C#, MVC, EF, and ASP.net
Pros: In Hawaii!
Cons: Terrible tech stack, company mission not interesting, PCs make me cringe
none
5. Google
https://github.com/google
Google- Java, Python, C, C++, Android, ios, GoogleCloud
http://www.meetup.com/GDG-Denver/
http://grouplens.org/blog/preparing-for-a-google-technical-interview/
http://www.businessinsider.com/15-mind-bending-interview-questions-that-every-google-engineer-can-answer-2012-1
Pros: Mentoring, leader in technology, lots of opportunities to grow
Cons: hard to leave, limited locations
none, dream
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