Ask HN: How to get a job as a website optimizer (A/B tester / developer)?
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I just wrote a plugin (Gem) for Ruby On Rails that makes system level A/B Split Testing really easy and uses Google Analytics as the dashboard.
I'm coming at it from the software side, but if someone (read: You) was interested in approaching the business / advisor side of it, I would be happy to talk about partnering up.
Personally, I think A/B testing is going to get more and more important in the coming / months, years. So being where you are with the knowledge you have is a pretty sweet place.
The project I put together is here: https://github.com/jhubert/rails-split-tester
I'm currently using it to test this (silly) site: http://www.tweetfolk.com
If you're interested in talking more, just get in touch. :)
Cheers, Jeremy Hubert @jhubert
I'm coming at it from the software side, but if someone (read: You) was interested in approaching the business / advisor side of it, I would be happy to talk about partnering up.
Personally, I think A/B testing is going to get more and more important in the coming / months, years. So being where you are with the knowledge you have is a pretty sweet place.
The project I put together is here: https://github.com/jhubert/rails-split-tester
I'm currently using it to test this (silly) site: http://www.tweetfolk.com
If you're interested in talking more, just get in touch. :)
Cheers, Jeremy Hubert @jhubert
Approach it from the other side; as a consultant who offers these services to companies.
Probably you want to target a specific technology, or set of technologies where you can easily implement the A/B switch.
Probably you want to target a specific technology, or set of technologies where you can easily implement the A/B switch.
Thanks for the input. Do you have any input on how much these types of consultants charge? Is it hourly, by project, by performance, or some combination?
So I'm a current Stanford student in the HCI CS track looking for work as a freelance "optimizer". Aka someone who helps website owners design and implement A/B testing to help improve revenue / user experience. In addition to the HCI courses I also have prior experience implementing A/B testing through the internship I worked last summer.
That being said there doesn't seem to be many job postings for something like this. The closest thing would probably be interaction designer but that's not quite right either.
Any ideas?