[olug] Yahoo! eng opportunities

[Obi-Wan]

> Hey folks,
> 
> Google isn't the only search giant that's hiring.  I just got cold
> called by a Yahoo recruiter who found my resume online.  It sounds
> like I'm a good match for what they want, except for the part about
> working in California.  She gave me permission to forward this
> message on to the OLUG.  If anybody's interested in moving to
> California for this sort of work, here's your opportunity.

One more note from her:

"because of the work Yahoo! is doing with MSN right now and in the
future, we are in big need of service engineers to do integration, etc.
Thank you, Marina."

> Forwarded message:
> > From: Marina Moreno <marinam1 at yahoo-inc.com>
> > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:56:01 -0800
> > Subject: Yahoo! eng opportunities
> > 
> > I am a recruiter at Yahoo! I wanted to reach out to you to see if you would=
> >  be interested in exploring engineering opportunities at Yahoo! Sunnyvale/S=
> > anta Clara, California offices.  We have Burbank (Southern CA) and
> > Sunnyvale (CA) locations.
> > 
> > We are looking for UNIX System Administrators/Service Engineers/Production =
> > Engineers, and your background seems like a good match. Key skills for this=
> >  position would be Strong Systems Administration background, UNIX Systems e=
> > xperience (FreeBSD/Solaris/LINUX), Networking concepts such as Ethernet, TC=
> > P/IP, Software Engineering, Automation, Coding in C, C++, Python or Java, a=
> > nd/or Solid knowledge of scripting languages (Perl or Shell).
> > 
> > Service/Production engineers at Yahoo! write software and interact with app=
> > lications, service infrastructure, and platforms to ensure we have reliable=
> >  and available services which scale to Yahoo! production size. They partici=
> > pate in software design, capacity planning, performance analysis, and incid=
> > ent response focused on automation and software engineering to prevent prob=
> > lem recurrence.
> > 
> > Would you be available for a quick chat?
> >
> > **Apologies if for any inconvenience.
> > 
> > Look forward to your reply!
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Marina Moreno
> > Technical Recruiter
> > Yahoo, Inc.
> > marinam1 at yahoo-inc.com<mailto:marinam1 at yahoo-inc.com>
> > (408) 336-0561 - office
> 
> 
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> Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
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Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins