Synovel is hiring!

Yes, indeed Synovel is looking for bright young programming talent at this moment. We expect them to have crossed the seven seas, trekked through the himalayas and created a flavor or linux. Hold on, that seems to be the profile of the people already on board!

We are actually looking for bright, passionate young people with the zeal to work in open source technology and create something for themselves. It is the not years of formal experience that matters, it is the extent to which one has dug into the technology and got their hands dirty that matters. Right now, we need people proficient in Php + Ajax development and we are also looking at programmers who have worked with opensource servers such as Postfix, Jabber etc.

We recently sent out a message on some of the most active LUGs across the country and I am happy to say that there were a few interesting profiles that we found. The most interesting part of this whole exercise though is the fact that we are receiving CVs in a proprietary .doc format. For those of you who are unaware of this fact, Synovel is an open source products company with a strong belief in the FLOSS philosophy.

I suppose this blog comes as a reminder, request or however it is perceived that when you apply to an opensource company, ensure that you are not using formats which require paid and proprietary applications to view.

I guess what I am trying to say is neatly packaged in this post at gnu.org. I am not Alexandros Papadopoulos hence I did not send this reply, but I sure did send a link to the post mentioned above.

I am surprised that I am writing this post without being prompted by any of my colleagues because I am sure they take far more offense to something of this sort than I do. I thought I was just learning about the philosophy, but I guess I really do get it. :)