# Full time drug discovery client side engineering position in Palo Alto, CA

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/full-time-drug-discovery-client-side-engineering-position-in-palo-alto-ca/127111>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 25, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/full-time-drug-discovery-client-side-engineering-position-in-palo-alto-ca/127111 "2008-01-25T02:24:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeff_Shrager)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/full-time-drug-discovery-client-side-engineering-position-in-palo-alto-ca/127111/1 "2008-01-25T02:24:26Z")

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CollabRx is a start-up creating a platform that will accelerate the  
search for therapies for rare diseases [1]. We seek a full-time front  
end developer to join our core engineering team. The position requires  
solid web development skills (Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS,  
AJAX, Flash/Flex, cross-browser issues [2]), Linux expertise, and at  
least a BS or equivalent degree [3]. The position is at our downtown  
Palo Alto headquarters and offers excellent benefits. Write: Jeff  
Shrager, CTO, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid.

[1] Or so we hope!  
[2] I’m looking forward to Ryan’s deconstruction of this list; and  
yeah, I know that some of them occupy orthogonal ontological  
categories!  
[3] Why a BS? Well, in all honestly, I don’t care; If you’re smart  
enough, degrees be damned!

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeff_Shrager)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/full-time-drug-discovery-client-side-engineering-position-in-palo-alto-ca/127111/2 "2008-01-25T04:58:52Z")

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> [2] I’m looking forward to Ryan’s deconstruction of this list; and  
> yeah, I know that some of them occupy orthogonal ontological  
> categories!  
> [3] Why a BS? Well, in all honestly, I don’t care; If you’re smart  
> enough, degrees be damned!

Wow, how surprising it is to get a mention before I even launch into  
another  
dissection, or “deconstruction” as you call it.

Your advertisement is extremely hard to pick at because it’s short, and  
not  
only that, but there is nothing to pick at! It’s all summed up in a  
paragraph I could’ve read whilst chewing on a couple of mouthfuls of  
lunch  
(but lunch was an hour ago). You list only what you need and don’t sugar  
coat any of it with “leading-edge technology” or “hot receptionist”  
(although the latter would be an added incentive), you give the facts as  
they are and that’s what makes it so great.

I do find it strange however how you give a stanford.edu email address.  
Are  
you part of the faculty there or a student? Why don’t you have your own  
domain name?

I feel strange also, about replying to a job advertisement without  
actually  
applying for it on my last day in my current job, and I would be  
interested  
in applying if I was in the area.

A nicely written job advertisement, the kind that I would like to see  
more  
of. Well done.

–  
Ryan B.

> **[frozenplague.net](http://www.frozenplague.net)**
>
> This domain may be for sale!

Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeff_Shrager)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/full-time-drug-discovery-client-side-engineering-position-in-palo-alto-ca/127111/3 "2008-01-25T05:59:02Z")

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Jeff Shrager wrote:

> CollabRx is a start-up creating a platform  
> that will accelerate the search for therapies  
> for rare diseases

Damn good cause and I wish you the best!

> [2] I’m looking forward to Ryan’s deconstruction  
> of this list;

ROTF and LOL!!! Big brass ones! Nice style.

> and yeah, I know that some of them occupy  
> orthogonal ontological categories!

Impressive vocab too 😉 Hope you survive Ryan.

Best regards,  
Bill

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeff_Shrager)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/full-time-drug-discovery-client-side-engineering-position-in-palo-alto-ca/127111/4 "2008-01-25T18:58:58Z")

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> > and yeah, I know that some of them occupy  
> > orthogonal ontological categories!
> 
> Impressive vocab too 😉 Hope you survive Ryan.

Yeah, I couldn’t pass up the occasion to pack 16 syllables into 4  
words!

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jeff\_Shrager](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeff_Shrager)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/full-time-drug-discovery-client-side-engineering-position-in-palo-alto-ca/127111/5 "2008-01-25T18:55:59Z")

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> A nicely written job advertisement, the kind that I would like to see more  
> of. Well done.

Thanks!

> I feel strange also, about replying to a job advertisement without actually  
> applying for it on my last day in my current job, and I would be interested  
> in applying if I was in the area.

Maybe you should apply anyway; remote consulting pays well, has great  
hours, and you get to code naked from the hot tub. (Of course, for all  
I know, you do that already! 🙂