# NYC Ruby Job Fair =?iso-8859-1?q?=8B?= April 25th **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 20, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nyc-ruby-job-fair-iso-8859-1-q-8b-april-25th/58345 "2006-04-20T19:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nyc-ruby-job-fair-iso-8859-1-q-8b-april-25th/58345/1 "2006-04-20T19:14:45Z")
=== NYC Ruby Job Fair – April 25th The NYC Ruby meetings lately have looked a lot like middle school dances. On one side of the room is people saying, “Gee, I wish I could work full-time doing Ruby or Ruby on Rails.” On the other side of the room are companies saying, “Wow, those Ruby people sure look cute, I wish they would all come work for me.” The music is playing, the love if flowing, but nobody’s dancing. The April 25th meeting will be a Job Fair where companies or recruiters can feel safe to talk about what they need while Ruby aficionados can hand out resumes to try and get their dream gigs. For this one night and one night only we will be sacrificing the non-profit purity of the Ruby community to the god of CASH. If you have a problem with this, then please don’t come. The next Ruby meeting will be the nice lovable communist group you remember. But April 25th is all about the greenbacks. == The Location If the group is small we’ll still have it at the EastMedia offices like normal. If the group is large we’ll be looking to move the meeting to a larger location near by. If we need a larger location then we may postpone the job fair until a later meeting so that we can get sponsorship. == The Details The general plan is to keep things loose and let companies or recruiters give a short pitch about what they need. After all the companies have talked about what they need we’ll have a 30 minute refreshments break where people interested in the company can give out their resume and chat further. To keep things smooth we’ve come up with a few rules: REPRESENTATIVES 1. There will be NO PROJECTOR. Last thing we want is a 30 minute power point. If you want to show people something then bring a laptop for after your presentation. There is wireless internet. 2. Try to keep your pitch quick and to the point and shoot for the softer sell. 3. Be prepared to answer some difficult technical questions and questions about the company. This especially applies to recruiters who are notorious for not being allowed to say anything about the company. 4. There will be a bunch of talk about Canada on Rails after the Job Fair. You may not be terribly interested in it, but if you’re serious about hiring a Ruby person you might want to stick around and listen. 5. Many programmers have been burned by the dot-com bust a few years back. Be prepared to talk about benefits, expected work hours, whether people get paid for working extra, and longevity. RUBYISTS 1. Be fair to other people and let others talk to the representatives too. 2. Don’t be mean or insulting to representatives because of where they work or whether they are a recruiter or not. We want everyone to have a positive experience. 3. Make sure your resume is clean, has your required information, and that you bring enough copies. 4. Don’t run around like a whore giving your resume out to everyone with a business card. It’s degrading. EVERYBODY 1. Don’t talk salary at the meeting, save that for later. This tends to make everyone uncomfortable. 2. People interested in talking more after we start to go over Canada on Rails should probably go hit a bar, restaurant or coffee shop in the area to talk shop more privately. These “rules” are open for suggestion since this is our very first job fair. If anything makes you uncomfortable or you think should be done different then feel free to e-mail me (see below). == Representatives RSVP With Zed In order to judge what kind of space we’ll need we’d like the representatives (companies or recruiters) to RSVP. After we have all the requests we’ll determine a time limit and maybe possibly look for a larger venue. Send a short e-mail to me (Zed A. Shaw) with what company you’ll represent or whether you’re a recruiter for many companies and if you’d like a little blurb in the listing we’ll post later. My e-mail address is removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. == Interested Rubyists RSVP With Francis You don’t _have_ to do this but we’d like to judge whether we have enough space. Please send a short e-mail to Francis H. just saying you’ll attend. This is mostly for a head count. Francis’ e-mail is removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nyc-ruby-job-fair-iso-8859-1-q-8b-april-25th/58345/2 "2006-04-20T19:30:12Z")
On 4/20/06, Zed S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > === NYC Ruby Job Fair – April 25th Interesting idea. If there happens to be an overflow of representatives and not enough Rubyists going around at the meeting, maybe you could hook up other Rubyists from around the country if the representatives are interested in telecommuters. Just an idea. I would certainly appreciate getting some contacts, as I’m sure others would who are looking to jump into the Ruby job market. FYI I’m located in South Florida. Regards, Ryan P.S. Yes I meant this to go to the whole list 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nyc-ruby-job-fair-iso-8859-1-q-8b-april-25th/58345/3 "2006-04-20T19:36:23Z")
On 4/20/06, Ryan L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On 4/20/06, Zed S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > === NYC Ruby Job Fair – April 25th > > Interesting idea. If there happens to be an overflow of > representatives and not enough Rubyists going around at the meeting, > maybe you could hook up other Rubyists from around the country if the > representatives are interested in telecommuters. NYC.rb tends to get at least 20 or so Rubyists per meeting… and they’ve been growing like crazy. But that might not be a bad idea. Of course, my vote would only be half of a vote, since I come down from New Haven like some sort of fanboy every month 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nyc-ruby-job-fair-iso-8859-1-q-8b-april-25th/58345/4 "2006-04-20T19:50:57Z")
DOH! Ruby-want-to gets no love in Lubbock Texas. :o) Bummer. Well, Guess I’ll have to wait unti the job fair gets a little close. ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nyc-ruby-job-fair-iso-8859-1-q-8b-april-25th/58345/5 "2006-04-20T19:58:14Z")
On 4/20/06, Gregory B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > they’ve been growing like crazy. But that might not be a bad idea. > Of course, my vote would only be half of a vote, since I come down > from New Haven like some sort of fanboy every month 🙂 Note, there seems to be some effort in starting up a Stamford group ( [http://stamfordruby.com/](http://stamfordruby.com/) ), but I don’t know how much interest they’ve gotten. Any idea if any of these representatives are recruiting for CT jobs? ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nyc-ruby-job-fair-iso-8859-1-q-8b-april-25th/58345/6 "2006-04-20T20:16:41Z")
John G. wrote: > > > maybe you could hook up other Rubyists from around the country if the > > > [http://stamfordruby.com/](http://stamfordruby.com/) ), but I don’t know how much interest they’ve > > > gotten. > > Any idea if any of these representatives are recruiting for CT jobs? I guess this Stamford group thing slipped by me (and maybe all of the other New Haven Rubyists). I’d like to invite all of you Stamford Rubyists to come join us at our next meeting in New Haven. It should be happening on Wednesday, May 10th (the second Wednesday of the month). You can find out more about us at [newhavenrubyists.org](http://newhavenrubyists.org)! Um, this goes for any other ruby folk in CT as well. I mean, you don’t _have_ to be in Stamford. ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nyc-ruby-job-fair-iso-8859-1-q-8b-april-25th/58345/7 "2006-04-20T20:16:42Z")
On 4/20/06, John G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Note, there seems to be some effort in starting up a Stamford group ( > [http://stamfordruby.com/](http://stamfordruby.com/) ), but I don’t know how much interest they’ve > gotten. > > Any idea if any of these representatives are recruiting for CT jobs? Hmm… that’s exciting, I didn’t know they were starting up. Maybe I can get in touch with the stamford guys and see if we could host a CT job fair between our two groups (new\_haven.rb / stamford) if we can find sufficient interest. ---
**Author:** ![Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/da6949/32.png) [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nyc-ruby-job-fair-iso-8859-1-q-8b-april-25th/58345/8 "2006-04-20T20:22:48Z")
On 4/20/06, Matthew D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I guess this Stamford group thing slipped by me (and maybe all of the > other New Haven Rubyists). I’d like to invite all of you Stamford > Rubyists to come join us at our next meeting in New Haven. It should be > happening on Wednesday, May 10th (the second Wednesday of the month). > You can find out more about us at [newhavenrubyists.org](http://newhavenrubyists.org)! > > Um, this goes for any other ruby folk in CT as well. I mean, you don’t > _have_ to be in Stamford. Also, for those traveling via train, I usually go from downtown new haven directly over to ISG (our meeting place), and then I usually take the train after the meetings, so a carpool can probably be arranged.