Grameen Foundation posts a job

June 1, 2007 9:35 PM

Gsteff posted a position at the Grameen Foundation on mefi jobs. I think that's cool. Bonus: It's to write open source software.
posted by delmoi to MetaFilter-Related at 9:35 PM (14 comments total)

Hmmm. MeFi Jobs is still that awful, blinding white color. That's probably part of why I never go there. That, and my continuing employment in a job I love. But yeah, I think that color needs to change.

On topic; I had never heard of the Grameen Foundation, but reading up about them because of this post finds me liking the cut of their jib. Full speed, Mr Gsteff!
posted by Effigy2000 at 11:08 PM on June 1, 2007

Oh sweet. I've gotten a lot of good success stories from jobs -- people that got hired that wanted to thank me, and also from the members that hired other members saying it was great to bring in someone they "knew" from the site.

Also, just because this thread is here, I should mention the new search by location thing on the front page, below the map, works pretty well using some crazy mapping API calls to find nearby gigs.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:17 PM on June 1, 2007

MeFi Jobs is still that awful, blinding white color. That's probably part of why I never go there.

But white is more professional!
posted by grouse at 7:15 AM on June 2, 2007

But white is more professional!

Don't start!

Actually, I see the whole site in white. Yay simple stylesheet.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:22 AM on June 2, 2007

I always forget about Jobs.

I should mention the new search by location thing on the front page, below the map, works pretty well using some crazy mapping API calls to find nearby gigs.
Can you make it so that the results list by most recent first? My results for NY were all jumbled, datewise.
posted by amberglow at 8:27 AM on June 2, 2007

amberglow, try your search for NYC and then change the "sort by:" option to "date" on the results page, and click "search again". The default sort is proximity to the location you search for.
posted by pb (staff) at 8:38 AM on June 2, 2007

ahh...thanks, pb
posted by amberglow at 9:08 AM on June 2, 2007

Hey, yeah, I'm doing an internship with Grameen working on the project described. It's a really cool place, and I strongly encourage people to apply for it. The development team is really small right now- my boss and I are currently the only full time developers. And its just about the coolest software project that I can imagine working on. The code base its kinda ugly right now, so people that have a thing for refactoring will be welcome. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
posted by gsteff at 3:26 PM on June 2, 2007

If I search Jobs for "Seattle," it doesn't show up. It also isn't on the lil' map at the top of the page.
posted by The corpse in the library at 3:53 PM on June 2, 2007

Feel free to contact me with any questions.
posted by gsteff at 3:26 PM on June 2 [+] [!]

er yeah ;p what's the application about?
posted by infini at 12:28 AM on June 3, 2007

Matt, a recommendation:

Make the default search location use the preferences in the user's profile.

If they're not logged in, or don't provide a location, just default to whatever you're currently defaulting to. But if you already have coordinates, it seems trivial to make it default to your proximity.

Now watch as this comment is sucked into the MeTa aether and is promptly forgotten, until another year's time when someone comes up with the bright idea.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 2:35 PM on June 3, 2007

Also, from the job advert:

Experience with Struts, Hibernate and MVC design pattern helpful;

Struts suuuucks, dude. Stripes is where it's at. It's dead-simple to incorporate Hibernate and/or Spring if you like, it uses components like Tapestry (but simpler), layouts for reuse (much easier and more intuitive than Tiles), and it's just a single JAR with practically no dependencies. Oh yeah, and no XML configuration files. No more fucking struts-config!

It's the bee's knees!

Speaking as someone who's currently rewriting an aging Struts web app from the ground up.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 2:42 PM on June 3, 2007

Struts suuuucks, dude.

This is the topic of 75% of our workplace conversations. *cries*
posted by gsteff at 7:47 PM on June 3, 2007

Actually, I see the whole site in white. Yay simple stylesheet.
Now all we need to to be able to apply our own style sheets to Real Life. Then I could be happy.
posted by dg at 10:01 PM on June 3, 2007