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kentf··on [dead]
Toronto, Canada - FULLTIME. VC Backed. Comp Salary + Benefits + Equity Opportunity.

Top Hat (https://tophat.com). We build software for The Modern Educator.

Python, JS, RabbitMQ, AWS, Backbone, Real Time, Big Data, EdTech, Dent in the universe kind of stuff.

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Looking for a brilliant developer:

Does doin’ your thing in Django take you to your happy place? Does coding in JavaScript feel better than Christmas morning? Does programming in JavaScript bring you more satisfaction than rainbows and puppies combined? Read on, you Maniac Hack.

If you’ve been to university, you understand the nut Top Hat is trying to crack. Your professor starts to talk, and you really do have every intention of listening. But within about five minutes, your good intentions fly out the window and you begin to surf Facebook, catch some Zz’s, or if you’re feeling really ambitious start working on a problem set for a completely unrelated class. When you join our team, you’ll be working on classroom interaction software and help higher education find its mojo!

Your work will touch hundreds of thousands of paying customers (300,000 and growing every day). Plus, you’ll get to ship code on a weekly basis. We only officially launched a little over two years ago, but we’re already profitable and are growing like crazy! Lucky for you, we’re small but mighty. That means you get to touch everything—front-end, back-end, database code—whatever your little hacker heart desires! And what’s more? Everything you touch will be yours. Well, kind of. We follow the “Facebook approach,” meaning we give developers complete ownership of features.

The Fabulous Life of the Top Hat Developer comes with other sweet perks too. Every fifth week is hack-week, where you and your fellow developers get to spend a week working on pet projects. There’s also lots of free deliciousness. What’s up catered breakfast and unlimited snacks and drinks? Oh, and did we mention StarCraft throw-downs at lunch?

https://tophat.com/about/jobs Or email: matt [at] tophat dot com

kentf··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)
Toronto, Canada - FULLTIME. VC Backed. Comp Salary + Benefits + Equity Opportunity.

Top Hat(https://tophat.com). We build software for The Modern Educator.

Django, JS, RabbitMQ, AWS, Backbone, Real Time, Big Data, EdTech, Dent in the universe kind of stuff.

-----------------------

Looking for a brilliant developer:

Does doin’ your thing in Django take you to your happy place? Does coding in JavaScript feel better than Christmas morning? Does programming in JavaScript bring you more satisfaction than rainbows and puppies combined? Read on, you Maniac Hack. Read on.

If you’ve been to university, you understand the nut Top Hat is trying to crack. Your professor starts to talk, and you really do have every intention of listening. But within about five minutes, your good intentions fly out the window and you begin to surf Facebook, catch some Zz’s, or if you’re feeling really ambitious start working on a problem set for a completely unrelated class. When you join our team, you’ll be working on classroom interaction software and help higher education find its mojo!

Your work will touch hundreds of thousands of paying customers (300,000 and growing every day). Plus, you’ll get to ship code on a weekly basis. We only officially launched a little over two years ago, but we’re already profitable and are growing like crazy! Lucky for you, we’re small but mighty. That means you get to touch everything—front-end, back-end, database code—whatever your little hacker heart desires! And what’s more? Everything you touch will be yours. Well, kind of. We follow the “Facebook approach,” meaning we give developers complete ownership of features.

The Fabulous Life of the Top Hat Developer comes with other sweet perks too. Every fifth week is hack-week, where you and your fellow developers get to spend a week working on pet projects. There’s also lots of free deliciousness. What’s up catered breakfast and unlimited snacks and drinks? Oh, and did we mention StarCraft throw-downs at lunch?

https://tophat.com/about/jobs Or email: matt [at] tophat dot com

kentf··on First person indie action movie filmed entirely with a Go Pro. Violent.
good point... changing the description
kentf··on Stop freelancing and join a company - Yeah I said it
Anyone who isn't being challenged.
kentf··on Code.org – Dedicated to growing computer programming education
High time to change "Hello World" to "Change the World" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5290217
kentf··on Show HN: Golf Swing Analyzer App for iPhone from Canada
Looks amazing! Downloaded!

Go Canada.

kentf··on Five Second Homepage
Love it! Thanks for sharing.
kentf··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2012)
Dev Ops, Mobile, Front End, Back End - Toronto / San Francisco / Remote

Top Hat Monocle

www.tophatmonocle.com

Come to Top Hat and solve Real Time, Large Scale problems. We are a venture backed and disrupting the education industry and want you to join us!

Great salary, stock, benefits, work from Toronto / San Francisco office, or if you are amazing you can work remotely.

* Front End Developer

JS, Backbone, HTML, HAML, CSS, SCSS

* Dev Ops

AWS, RabbitMQ

* Back end

Python, Django, C++

* Mobile

Android, iOS, Windows Phone

Contact kent@tophatmonocle.com for more details!

kentf··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)
TORONTO / SAN FRAN - FULL TIME - PYTHON, JS, BACKBONE, NODE, REAL TIME

Top Hat Monocle (http://www.tophatmonocle.com) is hiring for a few roles:

* mobile dev (iOS, Android)

* sysadmin/infrastructure developer (rabbitmq, selenium, fabric, ec2)

* Front End (javascript, backbone)

* Back end (python, django, javascript, node.js.)

We're a profitable (and valley VC funded) education startup that helps make class more engaging. We've got some really cool problems to work on and your work would be impacting a huge number of students daily.

We also hire interns so please feel free to apply for that as well (paid of course.)

Our dev team is in Toronto but we've also got an office in San Francisco so if you're really good we would be open to having someone work from there. If you're not based in Canada or the US but are willing to relocate feel free to contact us, because we do cover relocation expenses and will help you manage the work permit process.

Send your resume/github account to mike at tophatmonocle dot com.

kentf··on A Letter to Heroku - Please Tier the Dynos
Good insight. I still think that having them tiered would make more sense. More curious as to why they aren't.
kentf··on A Letter to Heroku - Please Tier the Dynos
Not really. I am really curious as to why they don't. Seems like a natural way to keep them separate in cases there are performance issues that do arise.
kentf··on A Letter to Heroku - Please Tier the Dynos
Thanks for the link. Makes me feel better :)
kentf··on Ask HN: How Much Would You Pay for Google to be Ad Free?
I think per year would be their style.
kentf··on Ask HN: How Much Would You Pay for Google to be Ad Free?
As long as they are relevant I agree.
kentf··on Ask HN: How Much Would You Pay for Google to be Ad Free?
> $300
kentf··on Ask HN: How Much Would You Pay for Google to be Ad Free?
$201 - $300
kentf··on Ask HN: How Much Would You Pay for Google to be Ad Free?
$100 - $200
kentf··on Ask HN: How Much Would You Pay for Google to be Ad Free?
< $100
kentf··on Ask HN: How Much Would You Pay for Google to be Ad Free?
$100
kentf··on Ask HN: Movies for Hackers?
Amazing film.
kentf··on The best way to learn iOS Programming... well its working for me
Thanks for the encouragement!

I agree on the 50% part. I am ready to my part on the next 50%!

kentf··on The best way to learn iOS Programming... well its working for me
I really think you should stick it out and learn XCode. I am not a huge fan wither, would rather use TextMate or BBEdit, but once you stick with it, you will get there.

If we do the things we have to do long enough, the day will come when we will get to do the things we want to do.

kentf··on The best way to learn iOS Programming... well its working for me
Will do :)
kentf··on The best way to learn iOS Programming... well its working for me
Thanks!
kentf··on The best way to learn iOS Programming... well its working for me
haha ouch... point taken :)
kentf··on The best way to learn iOS Programming... well its working for me
Hey Steve,

I am happy to talk / vent about iOS programming with you. I know it's frustrating, but please stay with it.

I think they key is to use the book as inspiration but not as Gospel. I found that some of the interface things in the book didn't mesh with the new XCode. I had to play around until I figured it out.

I am happy to chat with you anytime about it, providing you catch me on Skype. My skye id: is kent.fenwick

Also, message me on Twitter and we can arrange a time to talk about it. I don't have all the answers, but I feel your pain and think I can give you some good pointers.

Good luck Steve!! All the best,

Kent

kentf··on The best way to learn iOS Programming... well its working for me
Great Question.

Yes it does!

But I am not using Storyboards.

kentf··on What Canadians can do to fight SOPA/PIPA
you forgot the "eh.."
kentf··on What Canadians can do to fight SOPA/PIPA
Ya... I asked my Rep to pass it along to the US-Canada Ambassador if she could. Not sure if that will work, but it can't hurt.

If SOPA/PIPA or something similar passes it will only be a matter of time until it hits the UK and Canada.

kentf··on Duck Programming
Reg. You're an animal. Love the quality of your posts.
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