In all seriousness if you live in the area and are at all interested please contact me directly if you have any questions. I am not an HR person (Sr. Software Engineer) so you won't get any varnish from me.
Restaurant.com is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Primarily .Net) and a Senior Database Administrator (SQL Server 2005/2008). We are a .com and PROFITABLE, employ 175 people, and represent about 15,000 restaurants. We are growing like crazy and in need of some really good developers with a broad spectrum of skills (TSQL to Code to UI) who can hit the ground running. We move very quickly here with a minimum of bureaucracy...good place to work if you don't mind the pace.
- If you apply as Senior Level make sure you are truly Senior. Too many applicants present themselves as expert but really aren't even close. We are willing to hire a mid-level developer so just present yourself as such.
- If you aren't passionate about development you won't like it here.
- If you are coming from a large corporate environment be sure you can handle less bureaucratic structure. Job roles are fluid and you are expected to step in when you are needed. If you have ever said,"That is not in my job description." you might not be a good fit.
You don't have to use their dev tools but I am not sure why you would not want to. You get tons out of the box with Visual Studio Express...and its free. You are also free to use the command line to compile your apps, but again I am not sure why you would want to.
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