Any webdevs interested to work for Yahoo?
My team is looking for web developers who can work on a contract basis for 3-6 months.
Knowledge of PHP, Perl, Apache, FreeBSD(or Linux) is required.
If anybody you know is interested, please ask them to send their resume to me ASAP.
October 6th, 2005 at 11:02 pm
Me me me.. I seem to be doing lot more webdev lately then security
October 7th, 2005 at 2:41 am
“contract basis” work seems cool, but I wonder how practical that is going to be for Indians.
October 7th, 2005 at 5:45 am
hey swaroop, i wonder if you could comment on the use of php at yahoo!. i guess its main popularity came from the simple mental shift from html code. i know a lot of large companies firmly back php (ibm, php, etc.. see latest php conference for more).
.. but isn’t perl just a relic? more a case of it was there first.
i understand also that yahoo! chose freebsd over linux way back when because at the time freebsd was more mature. that too can be argued to have changed.
julian
October 7th, 2005 at 6:51 am
@Kalyan: LOL :-). I know how you feel, I’ve been debugging PHP/Perl/Apache stuff lately!
@Sridhar: There are many contractors working in Y!
@Julian: Perl is definitely not a relic. Let me put it this way… Perl is the heartbeat of Y! that keeps it ticking.
Yes, you’re right about the choices of Perl and FreeBSD have been made a long time ago, and yes, the situation has changed. I don’t think the choice is going to change any time soon, because there are no significant benefits in switching to other platforms - that’s a long story.
October 7th, 2005 at 12:53 pm
A switch from FreeBSd to Linux. Ugh. No, am not gonna start an OS war here.
October 7th, 2005 at 2:17 pm
@Arun: Who said anything about switching from FreeBSD to Linux?