Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 09:58:51AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > > > > >Shortly afterward they hired a new CFO and > >then a new CEO. > > > Where did you get those facts? The company's web site still lists Gil > Schwed as the CEO and Eyal Desheh as their CFO, bo

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-17 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Shortly afterward they hired a new CFO and then a new CEO. Where did you get those facts? The company's web site still lists Gil Schwed as the CEO and Eyal Desheh as their CFO, both were at that position when I worked there, five years ago. Shachar =

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 08:35:33AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > My answer was this. I worked for that company, and I had lots of > criticism about how it is being run. I then moved to Check Point, and > had even more criticism about how it is being run, so maybe the problem > is with me :-)

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-16 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Marc Volovic wrote: Few people make it over the divide and BECOME managers (I think the only one I can can remember off the cuff is Gil Schwed). A venture capital once picked up from my online resume that I worked at a company they were thinking about investing in, and called me to ask me abou

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-16 Thread Marc Volovic
Aviv, You are beginning to disappoint me. What you have not seemed to grasp is that you need to decide what your company needs/wants - a CTO or a programmer. There is precious little chance that you can get both in a single person. You know - just to be on the constructive side - I'll send

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-16 Thread Danny Lieberman
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Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-16 Thread aviv sher
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Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 05:59:17PM +0200, aviv sher wrote: > > Well its me Aviv who started the whole mess :) i would like to thank alot to > all the really great insights... though i still have to say that almost no > one has come forward either as a CTO or a Programmer... > So I am a bit disap

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-14 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:16:09AM +0200, Matitiahu Allouche wrote: > I am always impressed by people who can draw a wide fresco of general > subjects, like the evolution of the computer industry. I am somewhat less > impressed when I happen to know some of the details, and they are wrongly > p

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-14 Thread Matitiahu Allouche
: +972 52 2554160 "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/01/2008 18:04 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To "Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc aviv sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il Subject Re:

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 06:34:42PM +0200, Nadav Har'El wrote: > I don't understand what you mean. Imagine that Google initially had some > Sun Solaris servers in their university rack. At some point, they decided > that PCs, and Linux, was more effective so they switched. What makes you > think tha

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote about "Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO": > Thank you, you just made my point. :-) Google succeded because they chose > a technology that could be expanded to do what they want. If they had chosen > Window

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 05:31:04PM +0200, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > Actually, your example proves you wrong! Do you think that Google would have > grown to the size they are if they kept the same technology they had 10 years > ago? In those 10 years, Google adopted completely new technologies that t

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote about "Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO": > There are lots of companies who have tried to change technologies mid > stream and failed. HotMail is a good example, when M/S bought them they > went over to II

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 01:43:11PM +0200, Marc Volovic wrote: > I am somewhat less keen than Geoff to suspect you of trying/hoping to > cheat a prospective CTO. In fact, I am sure you have every intention of > paying the CTO. What I do fear is that you do not really understand the > position and j

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 01:25:12PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Why? only because he decided to go with PHP? it's a stat-up, and I > assume Aviv started to write the code with PHP prior deciding upon > taking someone else to be a partner/worker and with a CTO title. Maybe > when they'll grow, the

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 01:21:57PM +0200, aviv sher wrote: > Geoff thanks for the insight, You're welcome, I hope it helps. > The CTO title means he will handle the whole Technology part of the system > (and the technology vision), and if he would like to change the technology > in the future it

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Marc Volovic
Aviv, hi. I am somewhat less keen than Geoff to suspect you of trying/hoping to cheat a prospective CTO. In fact, I am sure you have every intention of paying the CTO. What I do fear is that you do not really understand the position and job of a CTO. The CTO's job is NOT to be a good programme

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On 1/13/08, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you are looking for a programmer to join you, who will be paid in > equity, you should say so and get a person who can do the job you want > without any unreasonable expectations. But Aviv has not offered work-for-equity! You mer

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, On Jan 13, 2008 12:41 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 11:11:20AM +0200, aviv sher wrote: > > > > a young startup company with a very interesting web 2.0 platform is seeking > > for a > > PHP programmer with knowledge in AJAX HTML or any other 3-4

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread aviv sher
Geoff thanks for the insight, The CTO title means he will handle the whole Technology part of the system (and the technology vision), and if he would like to change the technology in the future it will be his decision... we also want him to be a good programmer so he can support the current system

Re: [Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 11:11:20AM +0200, aviv sher wrote: > > a young startup company with a very interesting web 2.0 platform is seeking > for a > PHP programmer with knowledge in AJAX HTML or any other 3-4 letters > combinations that has to do with web or open source! > > This programmer will

[Job Offer and a byte more] PHP programmer and CTO

2008-01-13 Thread aviv sher
Hi Mailing list, a young startup company with a very interesting web 2.0 platform is seeking for a PHP programmer with knowledge in AJAX HTML or any other 3-4 letters combinations that has to do with web or open source! I dont want to put a long job description I know that who ever fits the job kn