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Geeks, Come On In!

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.

And We Are Back. Well, Almost

Hello there, beloved non-audience.

This domain once housed a blog titled “Psychotic Ramblings Of A Mad Man..”, which was run by your friendly neighborhood psychopath, none other than Saket Vaidya who went about calling himself “Vulturo, The Prince Of Darkness” (and still does)

Well, that psychopath is yours truly, and is deeply pained to reveal that the old PRM is no more. Apart from the fact that it had become too jaded and old-school, what really necessitated its demise was an issue was with with the hosting service provider suspending the account due to really stupid dispute.

While that is a long story and can be explained later - admittedly, it is kid of sad to lose 3 and a half years worth of blogging in a flash - I am trying to bring back the old site in the form of an archive on a subdomain (if I can) - but no commitments on that.

What this domain shall now house is the same blog under a different name, as was promised about a month ago. I am tempted to say that what happens, happens for the best. But nevertheless, fuck it. We shall see.

Cheers, and that sort of a thing. For now, wait and watch is the deal.

The Dark Lord