Monthly Archive for July, 2008
- In office, late. Incidently, Boss woman has sent a menacing email to the troops today about people being late. Not a very happy coincidence! #
- @rohandighe By troops, I mean everyone #
- @s4ur4bh Indian Bloggers eh? Aren’t you slightly late onto the scene. #
- @vimoh Gah! What the fuck are you using to post tweets? Too many goddamned duplicates! My Twitterific is full of Vijayendra Mohanty! #
- Right now, I’m the highest ranking officer on the 5th Floor at Webchutney. Thanks @zaphod for pointing it out! #
- @rainbug I don’t get a thing of what you said! #
- Subway Versova perpetually looks like Webchutney after Poornima has left the office. Nobody is serious about working. #
- @webchutney @basakbabies thinks doing work is passe #
- Buried under work #
- I’m wondering if some sort of software could be written to rank link spammers on twitter and give them ‘heat levels’. #
- My newest GTD list is 28 immediate tasks for tomorrow. Certainly lower than the 40 odd usual. Still, I feel busier and more out of control! #
- Been listening to Aatifesque Hindi songs for the past whole hour and quite liking it. #
- NDTV is advertising for a show called Mahima Shani Dev Ki with a fairly shady looking Shani Dev. Losers! Is THIS what TV has come down to? #
- Shani Dev vs Chuck Norris, anyone? I bet Chuck Norris can kick Shani Dev’s ass. #
- Back in office after a harrowing set of meetings. I seem to be losing track of everything owing to a heavy “meeting” component at work. #
- I need a bloody shave. #
- The best thing about http://www.mojaveexperiment.com is the 3D Flash (not Silverlight?) Video selector. Sadly, Vista in itself still sucks! #
- @peegeekay A sad excuse for an operating system. Thats what it is. I stay away from that stuff like the plague! #
- Geek? http://tinyurl.com/6g5pfn #
- @s4ur4bh Yes, close to 35 of us are already on Twitter. Plan to soon create a twitter powered “Webchutney Live’ channel! #
- Unholy fucking internet connection! I can’t open Linked In from the work connection! #
- @9_6 Must try that sometime #
- I feel like destroying the whole world. THE MOTHERFUCKING INTERNET IS TOO GODDAMNED SLOW! #
A blog post after ages. And that too, to pimp for my organization.
The Pitch
Its been a while since I’ve been working for this totally cool online marketing company which goes by the moniker of Webchutney. And life is good.
Webchutney was recently invested in by the Network18 Group, and since then on the company has been on a crazy growth spree.
Funnily enough, my role in the organization has also changed: from being a Social Media Analyst (which, I can assure you, is a very dubious thing to be), I turned into a Software Project Manager, responsible for lording over a small bunch of enthusiastic kids who built cool stuff like Facebook Applications, Widgets and suchlike - a special geek team, as it were. ChutneyLabs, we called it. Eventually, the thing turned serious, and this experiment metamorphosed into being Webchutney’s technology ‘arm’ for Bombay. And a formidable one at that.
In Bombay, we now have a team of 13 software professionals delivering solutions which encompass CMS Powered Portals, run-of-the-mill data-driven Websites, Social Network Apps, Widgets on the Desktop as well as the Web, Rich Internet Applications and anything else in between. And there’s great potential to do a lot more. Things a typical agency can either never do or never do right in this country.
And if there’s one thing we are obsessed with, that is doing things right. There’s a great many things we want to do right in the coming months. And, for that we want you to join us.
It will help if you are one of them smart sorts. One who is on the same page as the rest of the enlightened world when it comes to the online sphere. And if you have a twitter account that you actually use, or if The Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is your favorite book, there’s nothing like it!
The Jobs
Software Engineers/Senior Software Engineers (OSS)
- 1 - 5 years of experience, coupled with a great aptitude for learning.
- Strong foundation on programming platforms such as PHP/MSQL, with all the basics in the right place
- A clear understanding of RDBMS Concepts is essential
- Exposure to Web Development including XHTML, CSS, JavaScript is essential.
- Having dirtied hands on stuff like CakePHP, RoR and AJAX is a huge plus
Software Engineers/Senior Software Engineers (MSFT)
- 1 - 5 years of experience, coupled with a great aptitude for learning.
- Strong foundation on programming platforms such as ASP.net/C# with MS SQL Server 2000/2005, with all the basics in the right place
- A clear understanding of RDBMS Concepts is essential
- Exposure to Web Development including XHTML, CSS, JavaScript is essential.
- Having dirtied hands on stuff like ASP.NET AJAX (Atlas) is a huge plus
UI Developers
- 1 - 5 years of experience, coupled with a great aptitude for learning.
- Solid hands on experience on writing semantic XHTML/CSS from scratch, while attaching value to adaptability for dynamic content
- Must be easily able to work with JavaScript libraries like Prototype, jQuery, and effects engines like Script.aculo.us, Mootools, etc.
- Ability to write JS Code from scratch will help.
- Exposure to coding User Interfaces on Web Projects is a huge plus
The qualifications and certifications don’t matter. But the ubercoolness definitely does. If you are interested, email your resume to saket [dot] vaidya [at] webchutney [dot] net. Or SMS (and NOT call) me at +91 98677 17775. Lets see what you’ve got.
- Regretting the auto-ride to work. Why must there be a Monday after such a blissful weekend? Perfect weather for staying indoors even! #
- Rain is a major traffic impediment. Why does it have to happen EVERY year? #
- Absolutely no work happening today owing to a malfunction with the power cables at office. Feel like causing great destruction to the world! #
- Worked for an hour out of CEO’s cabin. Suddenly feel slightly more productive. #
- @rohandighe and not Transmit? #
- Power failure has made me leave office earlier than usual. Such awesomeness. #
