I think it was a mistake to put this post on a blog with no other content. I think it leaves the reader with the impression that this is the only thing you want to contribute to the community... and as other commenters have pointed out that contribution could be perceived negatively.
"In our opinion, the NoSQL decision to give up on ACID is the lazy solution to these scalability and replication issues."
They had me up until they called NoSQL "lazy" and claimed NoSQL solutions "give up on ACID". They aren't lazy and a lot of them support ACID, or most of it.
From that point on this veers away from logic and moves towards a self-justified argument. Tools are just tools. If you need immediate consistency then go for an immediately consistent solution, if you don't then you should feel free to take advantage of the performance gain of eventual consistency.
My tuppence would be to attend events and meet people in person... as once you've established a credible relationship it's easier to convince a potential employer to give you a shot.
From their perspective it's about risk. Commercial experience de-risks you as a potential hire, but so does a relationship, even a new one.
If you make it to London get in touch with me and if I can help I will. My email is richard dot marr at empora dot com
Edit: another route would be to take part in open source projects with a strong contingent in London.
Exactly. If you can find someone that great (and that important to your business) who's genuinely happy with salary & options rather than full equity... then hire him because he's a rare beast.
Empora are hiring in London. I'm not going to list technologies because I expect awesome technologists who can work with anything and everything. We're working on interesting search and product problems related to the world of aesthetic retail. Take a look at our site and send a CV to richard dot marr at empora dot com if you fancy a chat.
> I'm not saying Node is bad, but...
You're giving off slightly mixed messages there.