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imgon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)

Warby Parker | New York NYC | FULL-TIME | ONSITE

Warby Parker is a lifestyle brand at the intersection of e-commerce, retail (~90 stores now!), fashion, and technology. We’re searching for a senior-level frontend-focused Software Engineer to join our ~60 person in-house Engineering team to help build best-in-class eyewear shopping experiences for the web.

Job posting: https://grnh.se/317245f71 Tech stack: React, Python, PostgreSQL, Node, TypeScript

imgon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2019)

Warby Parker | New York NYC | FULL-TIME | ONSITE

Warby Parker is a lifestyle brand at the intersection of e-commerce, retail (~90 stores now!), fashion, and technology. We’re searching for engineers to join our 60+ person in-house Technology team to help build best-in-class eyewear shopping experiences for both the web and retail.

Tech stack: React, Python, PostgreSQL, Node, TypeScript, Swift

Roles: Senior Software Engineer (frontend): https://grnh.se/317245f71 Software Engineer (backend): https://grnh.se/52e83fb61

imgon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2019)

Warby Parker | New York NYC | FULL-TIME | ONSITE

Warby Parker is a lifestyle brand at the intersection of e-commerce, retail (~90 stores now!), fashion, and technology. We’re searching for engineers to join our 60+ person in-house Technology team to help build best-in-class eyewear shopping experiences for both the web and retail.

Tech stack: React, Python, PostgreSQL, Node, TypeScript, Swift

Roles: Senior Software Engineer (frontend): https://grnh.se/317245f71 Software Engineer (backend): https://grnh.se/52e83fb61 / https://grnh.se/f1406e761

imgon Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

Given that Ballmer has ~400 million shares of MSFT, I think the billion dollar increase in paper net worth probably softens the blow.

imgon Is There A Giant Life Form Lurking In Our Solar System? Possibly, Say Scientists

Reminds me of Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfwY2TNehw

(Only click if you're SURE you have 6 minutes to kill)

imgon Flat UI jQuery Theme

From a usability perspective I don't think this really works at all. For most of the UI elements, the only visual indication that you get that something is clickable (buttons, link, collapsibles) or separate (grouped buttons) is on mouse hover.

But this is for jQuery Mobile, and you don't get mouse hovers on the devices this is targeted for.

imgon Microsoft does not have a mobile strategy

I really wish articles from this author would stop getting voted up on HN. Like the HP/WinRT article last week, there might be a valid opinion in here, but the language is so hostile and overtly biased towards Microsoft that it's virtually impossible to read.