Tipjoy is hiring! <a href="http://tipjoy.com/jobs/" rel="nofollow">http://tipjoy.com/jobs/</a><p>We are currently hiring killer developers to join us in our office just outside Cambridge, MA.<p>Are you the best developer you know? Tipjoy is going to be huge. Because we only want the best, we want you to be a part of it.<p>Tipjoy is a new micropayments service that will revolutionize how payments are done online. We're strong supporters of free culture and currently support a voluntary payments model. We make it extremely easy for people to leave tips for stuff they love online. Rather than turning people away by gating content, Tipjoy allows people to choose to leave a tip for a content if they think it was valuable.<p>Requirements:<p><pre><code> 0. You need to be really, really smart.
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Plus:<p><pre><code> 1. A sense of aesthetics and design
2. Deep knowledge of the tools we use: Linux, Python, Django, Javascript, CSS, and some Flash/ActionScript
3. Experience in configuration, scaling, and deployment for servers and databases.
4. Experience managing complex, dynamic systems (especially people)
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We like effective people that can focus to get things done and make real things. We're building a culture which demands excellence. We understand that anything that lets you perform better is worth it: fully loaded Macs, enormous monitors, Aeron chairs, food, etc.<p>Apply by sending mail to founders@tipjoy.com<p>Make sure to tell us about something you've made that you are proud of. You can also try your hand at these puzzles:<p><pre><code> 1. Puzzle 1: explain python generator expressions in 140 characters or less and tweet the answer to @tipjoy
2. Puzzle 2: Concatenate the page source for each level of http://www.pythonchallenge.com/ and find the number of times the substring 'tipjoy' can be found via character removal.
3. Puzzle 3: Make up a puzzle which can be solved in less than 30 minutes which we're unable to solve. It must be possible for us to find the solution, and you need to know it.</code></pre>