Thanks to Red Gate for attracting people with a free iPad.
While you are in the area, you might also want to have a look at the Cambridge office of Citrix. We are currently around 50 people and look to add ca 20 new employees this year.
We are working on virtualization, e.g. XenServer. So a background in operating systems helps, but is not necessary. (I did not have one.) The infrastructure is closely aligned with Unix systems, but the guest systems our customers run are mostly Windows machines.
We don't offer free iPads for interviewees, but the software we write in Cambridge is open-sourced and you'll have the opportunity to hack in functional languages. (C, Python and friends are also helpful. I only mention FP because that's what drew me here in the first place.)
Benefits and pay seem similar to Red Gate (though as far as I know the high end may go higher here), only our kitchen isn't equipped to prepare lunch.
Please drop me an email if you want to learn more. You can find my email address in my profile.
You forgot about free software (as in speech) on our side of the versus. :D
And thanks to my efforts we have a nice stack of German style boardgames, now. We also play Diplomacy from time to time. If you want to join gaming, you can come over. Also you can participate on our pool or 9-ball or foosball ladder, and we will see who's better. ;o)
The greed inside me makes me feel like I want to pop up to the science park to interview for Red Gate right now (I'm about 15 minutes away), but what you've said about Citrix is very appealing to the good and holy part of me and that side generally wins with me! :)
Yeah, but I know that I don't want to work for Red Gate because they're Windows only -- so if I went to the interview I know it would only be for the iPad.
I have friends who work there and I've heard great things, but I just don't think what they work on would interest me.
While you are in the area, you might also want to have a look at the Cambridge office of Citrix. We are currently around 50 people and look to add ca 20 new employees this year.
We are working on virtualization, e.g. XenServer. So a background in operating systems helps, but is not necessary. (I did not have one.) The infrastructure is closely aligned with Unix systems, but the guest systems our customers run are mostly Windows machines.
We don't offer free iPads for interviewees, but the software we write in Cambridge is open-sourced and you'll have the opportunity to hack in functional languages. (C, Python and friends are also helpful. I only mention FP because that's what drew me here in the first place.)
Benefits and pay seem similar to Red Gate (though as far as I know the high end may go higher here), only our kitchen isn't equipped to prepare lunch.
Please drop me an email if you want to learn more. You can find my email address in my profile.