Have We Got a Job For You

Posted in "General" at 12:16 pm on May 23, 2008 by Allen Rabinovich | 7 comments

Workplace

Why, yes, we do have a job for you. Glad you asked.

See that lonely, empty workplace in the photo? Yeah, that one, complete with a comfy chair, 24″ monitor and unlimited free coffee that gives Starbucks a run for its money? Well, it’s located in the aptly-named Sunnyvale, CA and it would like nothing more than to be filled by an incredibly talented, ambitious, and slightly crazy Flash/Flex engineer.

That’s right, Yahoo!’s Flash Platform team is on the prowl to find the best Flash and Flex developer the world has ever seen (alright, I am calling poetic license and hyperbole on this one, but it’s pretty close to truth). We are looking for someone who can be casually described as ‘omniscient’, who often has pleasant dreams about Flash and Flex, and who is equally comfortable presenting his or her work to a hundred colleagues or ten executives.

Some people are quite happy being code monkeys (there’s even a song written about them), but that’s not who we are looking for. “Nice” words like ‘drone’, ‘cog’ and ‘borg’ need not apply: we are in search of a teammate, a fierce and argumentative thinker and doer, someone who takes on projects before they are offered and really owns them. In other words, we are looking for you.

And since it’s you we are looking for, now is a very good time to go read the official job posting and apply for the position!

And hurry up, our hundreds of millions of users are waiting.

* The workplace depicted above is for illustration purposes only. Should you get this job, your workplace will be even better, because it won’t have pictures of people you don’t know, and it’ll be decorated by you and you alone.

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  1. you almost had me at “hundreds of millions”… then I read “USERS”! Just one 24″ monitor?

    It’s an onsite job I assume? I don’t know that the application makes that totally clear.

    I’m sure it’d be a fun job though!

    Comment by Phillip Kerman — May 23, 2008 #

  2. Would you like to relocate me from Ukraine on this job? =)

    Comment by tearaway_Tea — May 28, 2008 #

  3. good job! nice place, but i am in china now.

    Comment by shadowboy — May 28, 2008 #

  4. are you going to throw in the hardwood floor?

    Comment by zachg — May 28, 2008 #

  5. @tearaway_Tea: Yahoo! is an equal opportunity employer. We hire from abroad as well. If you have a serious interest in the position, do follow the link in the post and apply.

    @shadowboy — see the answer above.

    @zachg — Yahoos are free to decorate/improve their work spaces as they like. You can put in a couch and a coffee table, and your own 30″ monitor, and a giant poster of Yahoo! Maps if you so desire :-D

    Comment by Allen Rabinovich — May 29, 2008 #

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  7. This looks like an awesome place to work. Are there any windows in this office:)? Well, when my skills are good enough I will apply, but at the moment I think it wouldn´t make much sense. Anyway great job offer:)

    Comment by Billigflug — September 25, 2008 #

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