{"id":186,"date":"2006-04-23T23:12:06","date_gmt":"2006-04-24T04:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/archives\/2006\/04\/23\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/"},"modified":"2018-03-25T09:43:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T14:43:52","slug":"cognitive-elite-apply-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s face the obvious: yesterday we were nerds, today we’re the cognitive elite. Let’s conquer.<\/p>\n

—Chester G. Edwards<\/i>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do the words “core dump<\/a>” make you shiver with fear? (My wife just giggles whenever she hears it.)<\/p>\n

If I asked you to “debug an Apache<\/a> vfork problem” (again, she giggles), would you know that I’m referring neither to an Indian tribe nor to a utensil?<\/p>\n

If you answered “yes” to both of those questions, then I’ve got a job opening you may be interested in. (Location: Cambridge, MA)
\n<\/p>\n

A copy of the official<\/a> description follows. If interested, leave a comment below or email me (at $my_first_name . '@mail' . $dot . 'ronrothman' . $dot . 'com'<\/code>).<\/p>\n

Details<\/h3>\n

Senior Software Engineer
\nPosting Date: 04\/19\/2006
\nLocation: Cambridge, MA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Job Description<\/h3>\n

Play a key role in building the next generation of CNET Networks’ company-wide personalization and targeting services. You will design, develop, and deliver solutions enabling our family of sites to provide a rich and individual user experience. We are looking for a top-notch, hands-on Software Engineer with a passion for data-driven systems and optimization. This position calls for a dedicated and self-motivated engineer who can work either independently or with other engineers through the product development lifecycle in a fast-paced web-development environment. Our services are important to revenue and are performance sensitive, requiring extreme care in specification, coding, review, and testing.<\/p>\n

Qualifications<\/h3>\n

Technical Skills:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related subject and 5-7 years professional experience<\/li>\n
  • Advanced skills in C++, experience with the STL in a Linux\/Unix environment<\/li>\n
  • Practical experience with Perl, including OOP and library development<\/li>\n
  • Strong understanding of Linux\/Unix command line and environment<\/li>\n
  • Strong knowledge of SQL and data modeling<\/li>\n
  • Experience with Apache (including Apache2 module development) a big plus<\/li>\n
  • Experience developing enterprise applications in Java or Python a plus<\/li>\n
  • Statistics, mathematics, or quantitative science background a plus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Soft Skills:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills<\/li>\n
    • Excellent verbal and communication skills<\/li>\n
    • Must be detail oriented and focused on data accuracy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Let’s face the obvious: yesterday we were nerds, today we’re the cognitive elite. Let’s conquer. —Chester G. Edwards Do the words “core dump” make you shiver with fear? (My wife just giggles whenever she hears it.) If I asked you to “debug an Apache vfork problem” (again, she giggles), would you know that I’m referring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCognitive Elite, Apply Within - \u00ableftbraned<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within - \u00ableftbraned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u00ableftbraned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-04-24T04:12:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-25T14:43:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ron\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ron\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/\",\"name\":\"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within - \u00ableftbraned\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-04-24T04:12:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-25T14:43:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#\/schema\/person\/86056901135a054d2fa85dcd1f43555a\"},\"description\":\"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/\",\"name\":\"\u00ableftbraned\",\"description\":\"go. figure. \u00ab\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#\/schema\/person\/86056901135a054d2fa85dcd1f43555a\",\"name\":\"Ron\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a060c4a10d3c4fecd6555ad6b7e9c08d?s=96&d=identicon&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a060c4a10d3c4fecd6555ad6b7e9c08d?s=96&d=identicon&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Ron\"},\"description\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/about+me.shtml\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/author\/ron\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within - \u00ableftbraned","description":"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within - \u00ableftbraned","og_description":"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/","og_site_name":"\u00ableftbraned","article_published_time":"2006-04-24T04:12:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-25T14:43:52+00:00","author":"Ron","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ron","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/","name":"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within - \u00ableftbraned","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-04-24T04:12:06+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-25T14:43:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#\/schema\/person\/86056901135a054d2fa85dcd1f43555a"},"description":"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/cognitive-elite-apply-within\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cognitive Elite, Apply Within"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/","name":"\u00ableftbraned","description":"go. figure. \u00ab","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#\/schema\/person\/86056901135a054d2fa85dcd1f43555a","name":"Ron","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a060c4a10d3c4fecd6555ad6b7e9c08d?s=96&d=identicon&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a060c4a10d3c4fecd6555ad6b7e9c08d?s=96&d=identicon&r=pg","caption":"Ron"},"description":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/about+me.shtml","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/author\/ron\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}