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Saturday, June 06, 2009 from 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (ET)
employment.nil?
The First Toronto Ruby Job Fair.
Let's face it: it's better to be a Ruby developer than a car
manufacturer in 2009, but things have definitely slowed down — for
everyone. And yet, there are solid reasons why this is an excellent
time to start new projects, launch companies, and create new markets.
By definition, Ruby has been adopted by creative individuals that grew
frustrated with risk averse bureaucracies.
We
believe that there are huge number of opportunities to be found during
this economic downturn, both for freelance developers and aspiring
entrepreneurs alike. As with most tragic historical near-misses, there
are just a huge number of connections that aren't made even in our own
collective back yard.
That said, we also believe that Ruby
people are determined self-starters that aren't afraid to self-promote.
Anything worth doing in life requires hard work and sacrifice. Sadly,
while many developers are patient and willing to think orthogonally, we
rarely get an opportunity to practice the other more social skills
which make us desirable as team members, project managers, and
co-founders. Unless we overcome our shyness and learn to speak
eloquently about our experience and skill sets, we have nobody to blame
for our work prospects but ourselves.
Our solution is to gather
students, developers, development companies, and of course project
leaders and company founders for a good old-fashioned career fair. The
first annual Employment.nil? Ruby Job Fair will be held at The
Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, Canada on Saturday June 6th, 2009 from
11am-6pm. The event is free to the public.
So, what happens at Employment.nil?
There
will be room for 35-40 bristol board posters, which are set up on long
tables. Rubyists will be able to decorate their own (free standing)
poster with screen shots, charts, photos, and diagrams. Duotangs (on a
string) with source code printouts is highly encouraged. You might want
to bring business cards, too. The general idea is that you hang out
near your poster and greet people as they come in, offering to explain
some of the projects that you've worked on or why you love programming
Ruby so damn much.
There will be no computers of any kind allowed!
iPhone apps are cheating, too. White boards for live coding are okay,
while tasteful use of magic markers, sparkles and stickers is strongly
encouraged. There will in fact be real, serious prizes awarded by a
team of impartial judges for the best posters, best presentation, and
other categories which seem appropriate but we haven't thought of yet.
This
is a light-hearted but entirely real attempt at demonstrating that our
Ruby development community in Toronto is totally awesome, and that we
support each other as best we can whenever possible. Spots will be
awarded on a first come, first served basis. Entry is tiered based on
need: each poster costs $15 for students, $20 for an independent
developer, and $30 for a team or small company. The spots are for
programmers working primarily with Ruby, and intended to be solo or
small (less than 20 person?) companies. We expect and encourage
developers from the junior through expert level, and we certainly
welcome people without prejudice for gender, sexual orientation,
religion or class. We do, however, require that you look presentable,
brush your teeth and wear deodourant.
If you work as a Ruby
programmer in the Toronto area, and you're willing to embrace the
ultimate constraint of communicating in person with actual real people,
then we cordially invite you to come and get hired.
Website (launching soon) for news and updates: www.rubyjobfair.ca
Saturday June 6th, 2009 (11am - 6pm)
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
Register: http://rubyjobfair.ca/ or follow #rubyjobfair on Twitter
Posterboards and Duotangs only!
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Unspace is a small team of Ruby developers in sunny Toronto, Ontario.
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