# Web-based personal development co. looking for programmers

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-based-personal-development-co-looking-for-programmers/90696>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 31, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-based-personal-development-co-looking-for-programmers/90696 "2007-03-31T02:10:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-based-personal-development-co-looking-for-programmers/90696/1 "2007-03-31T02:10:25Z")

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[Mylinia.com](http://Mylinia.com)  
Live purposefully!

Who:  
[Mylinia.com](http://Mylinia.com) is a personal development company located in the heart of  
the Silicon Valley, started in 2006 by 3 Stanford business school  
students who are dedicated to helping people all over the world reach  
their full potential. We envision a better world where people have  
the freedom to live purposefully, learn freely, and love  
unconditionally.

What:  
We provide an online platform that enables our co-owners (not users;  
we’re not here to use anybody!) to customize their personal  
development experiences and realized their dreams by allowing them to  
find resources that are relevant to their passions.

How:  
We trademarked a straightforward formula Problems + Passions =  
Purpose™ to help people begin the process of answering life’s most  
important question, “What is my purpose?” Via our online community,  
co-owners are able to share their journey, tag and find tools, set  
goals, and engage their best friends in the pursuit of their  
purpose.

Software Engineer  
We’re seeking a bright, energetic, and dedicated team player who has  
strong, versatile computer science fundamentals who will be a core  
contributor to architecting, building, and scaling mylinia’s backend.  
You will need strong skills in application and server-side  
development; experience and/or interest in designing and maintaining  
high-volume systems is a big plus.

Responsibilities:  
Architect and maintain a reliable backend system to support dynamic  
web frontend

- Assist in scaling and optimizing communication integration between  
frontend and backend
- Assist in testing and optimizing regularly scheduled releases
- Proactively recommend architecture changes and suggest new coding  
practices
- Collaborate with frontend programmers to optimize scalability and  
network efficiency
- Stay up-to-date with new technologies

Ideal Candidate:  
The Senior .NET Developer will have at least five years of experience  
in software development and IT. You must have good communication  
skills and can work with other developers and independently. You are  
expected to take a lead role in project management.

Compensation:  
Negotiable mix of equity and salary dependent on cultural fit, skill  
set, experience, and the amount of time you are able to commit per  
through our series A round.

Process:  
Email Jullien Gordon with your resume at  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-based-personal-development-co-looking-for-programmers/90696/2 "2007-03-31T02:22:26Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> co-owners are able to share their journey, tag and find tools, set
> 
> - Stay up-to-date with new technologies  
> through our series A round.
> 
> Process:  
> Email Jullien Gordon with your resume at  
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

How is this relevant to Ruby?

Oh … never mind … I only apply for jobs that require poor  
communication skills. 🙂

–  
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)  
[http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/](http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/)

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given  
rabbits fire.

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-based-personal-development-co-looking-for-programmers/90696/3 "2007-03-31T08:28:45Z")

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This is total irrelevant spam.

Ironic, actually, given that they want good communication skills.