Job Details: A Novel Approach to .NET Development
| Job Title: | A Novel Approach to .NET Development |
| Company: | Solutions Developers |
| Position Type: | Permanent |
| Pay Rate: | 60-100K |
| Skills: | C#, ASP.NET, .NET 2.0+ |
| Date Posted: | May-23-08 |
As a .NET developer, you're probably sick of boring job postings comprised of ridiculous 'must have' requirements. How about the endless calls from 'technical' recruiters offering up amazing opportunities? Likewise, we've learned that posting generic job descriptions and waiting for the perfect candidate to magically come along isn't a good strategy.
As such, let's approach this in a different way.
Our belief is that if you cannot envision yourself working here, then you'll never apply. The only exception is if you really, really hate your current job and anything would be a good alternative (we've all been there at some point).
Rather than rattling off the laundry list of what we need, we'd rather tell you who we are. Then you can decide if this is a good fit for you.
We spend most of our day building very complex software solutions for a myriad of customers that we like-none of which are associated with the government or the military. They like us too-- we're smart, results-driven, responsive, and we don't make our clients jump through hoops to get something done. We're also in the early stages of our internal product development. we're all excited about it.
We have more work than we can handle at the moment. We're also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. The plaque in the lobby proves it and we're proud of that achievement.
Our developers are all sharp-they love working here and get to see the results of their effort. At 20 employees, formality in the office isn't necessary and we'll fight it off as long as we can. Allowing our folks to have flexibility in their work schedule, encouraging a casual dress environment, and keeping everyone hopped up on coffee and Mountain Dew works really well for us. We've had zero voluntary attrition in the past few years.
The work is challenging and difficult, but it doesn't consume our lives. We don't want anyone working 60+ hours weeks. regardless of dedication, they will burn out eventually. If our developers work more than 45 or so hours per week, it means a release is imminent or something went terribly wrong!
We're profitable. not Microsoft profitable, but profitable nonetheless. We don't have outside investors, we're not maxing out lines of credit, and there are no foreseeable plans to sell the company to the highest bidder. We like the autonomy.
We promote from within when we can. Our Architect started with us a junior developer several years ago. As a general rule, aptitude and drive always outweigh experience. There is no upper limit on professional growth here.
Our development is the absolute core of what we do, and as such, we treat our developers very well. While there are no pedestals or ivory towers in our office, effort is both appreciated and rewarded here. We've all had miserable jobs in the past and we have no intention of replicating those experiences.
We have little room for big egos or self-entitlement; we believe that the transfer of knowledge is a two-way street. If our junior developers know something that our CTO doesn't, then we expect the junior developer to first educate the CTO and then rub it in his face. Here, learning is an ongoing and evolutionary process and we're all in it together.
We're a team. We're friends. We're honest with each other. We talk openly about both our successes and failures. Decisions are made in-house by team members affected by those decisions. We like what we're building here and are having fun in the process.
On-going training is valued and encouraged. If our developers want to pursue a new certification or take a course that is relevant to their work, we pay for all of it. Anyone that believes they know everything is wrong. period.
Like everyone else, we only want to hire top performers. For us, a top performer is a talented C#/ASP.NET developer with a strong sense of themselves. Although our developers rarely work outside of the office, it's important that they have enough confidence and professionalism to meet with our clients.
We're with each other all day, so we all need to be fun to work with, not take life too seriously, and enjoy being here so much that we each give our best effort each and every day. Intellectual curiosity, integrity, adaptability, and a passion for technology are the core competencies that we value most.
| Location: [rss] | US-VA-Reston |
| Telecommute: | No (Onsite Position) |
| Contact Name: | Jeremy DiMaio |
| Contact Phone: | |
| Contact Email: | jdimaio@solutionsdevelopers.com |
| URL: | http://www.solutionsdevelopers.com |
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