[Commentable] Scribd is on pace for 70M uniques this month with just 5 Rails developers. | Hacker News Reader

[Commentable] Scribd is on pace for 70M uniques this month with just 5 Rails developers.

22 pointsajkirwin12 comments

"Scribd launched less than two years ago, and has grown around 25% per month since then - that's somewhere in between the growth rates of Facebook and YouTube. For the month of January 2009, we're expecting to end the month with over 70 million unique visitors. The most amazing part is that we have only 5 rails developers working on the website - that's 14M+ uniques per rails engineer!

Last month we raised $9M in a series B from CRV and Redpoint. As we prepare for continued massive growth and for launching a whole bunch of cool new features, we need more rails engineers. Come join one of the fastest growing rails sites on the web. If you are a great hacker and looking for a job, send us your resume to hackers@scribd.com or visit scribd.com/jobs" -- tikhon

I honestly don't get it. I have the same feeling when I (inadvertently) click on a scribd link as I do when I click on expertsexchange: "Uh, oh, here's the content I want, shielded by a vast armor of horrible design."

I just noticed, and I can't believe i never noticed before, the Experts Exchange concatenated can easily become Expert Sex Change.

I'm guessing you've never seen the age-old "Internet's worst domain names" or whatever it's called this week?

Features the likes of PenIsland and TherapistFinder...

They didn't always have a hyphen in their url.

Would be interested in any news of business model/monetization... I think that'd be important for any future employee.

Who would be a perfect candidate? It is useful to know which skills would making a great hacker.

There's a lot more detailed information at http://www.scribd.com/jobs .

The most important thing is being good at your specialty - either rails or flash (or for whatever position you interview), and being knowledgeable in CS algorithms. Having cool side projects that you can demo is a huge plus.

There's a lot of startup-minded people inside the company, so any prior startups is a bonus.

Also, pillow dodge ball and razor scooter racing skill always helps :)

I am sure you have a Kindle killer in your plans.

There. Commentable :)

good one. I hope this thread picks up. Scribd posting is the first of its kind job posting on HN.. sponsored.

there are tons of job postings on Hacker News? Songkick had two adverts last week?

http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs

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