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RethinkDB Founder Looking for Technical Cofounder (2009)

49 points by trevmckendrick 11y ago

theunixbeard 11y ago
So did they pick anyone? This article from almost 1 year later only lists two founders (both from Stony Brook) so it seems like they didn't... http://primary.slate.com/articles/business/small_business/2010/08/but_he_looked_good_on_paper.html http://primary.slate.com/articles/business/small_business/20...
nanoojaboo 11y ago
the founder was on the Changelog recently. Very interesting to listen to.
ClayFerguson 11y ago
Interesting way to find talent. To answer their interview test, the answer is: "It depends on that the key size is on each 'page' of the bayer tree".
ddw 11y ago
I'm genuinely confused: how can you develop a new database without a technical co-founder? I mean they clearly pulled it off but how did they even start?
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- zodiac 11y ago
  I think they were both technical (one of them has a CS degree and started a PhD program, couldn't see the LinkedIn for the other)
- nulltype 11y ago
  The guy who wrote that post definitely has technical skills.
- jdoliner 11y ago
  I was the first employee at Rethink, very much not an "I just need a technical cofounder post" but a let's fill out our founding team with even more technical expertise.
- vvpan 11y ago
  I believe Slava was looking for an extra technical cofounder. He is extremely technical himself. Eventually it was him and two other people - Mike, who is sort of semi-technical (he doesn't write the DB afaik, but works on many other things) and Lief, who is a very technical guy, but moved on fairly early. Source: I slept on the floor of their home/office for a few nights in '09.
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jondubois 11y ago
That's a long time ago. I've been working on my own open source project for 2 and a half years. It's good too know that these kinds of projects take a while to gain traction. I first heard about RethinkDB in 2015. I gave it a really thorough tryout and I liked it. It's the first database that makes NoSQL worthwhile for me - I love how easy it is to configure and scale. Also the query language is really clean and simple - You can learn it as you go along (unlike SQL, you don't have to know it all up-front in order to use it efficiently).
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So did they pick anyone? This article from almost 1 year later only lists two founders (both from Stony Brook) so it seems like they didn't... http://primary.slate.com/articles/business/small_business/2010/08/but_he_looked_good_on_paper.html http://primary.slate.com/articles/business/small_business/20...

nanoojaboo 11y ago

the founder was on the Changelog recently. Very interesting to listen to.

ClayFerguson 11y ago

Interesting way to find talent. To answer their interview test, the answer is: "It depends on that the key size is on each 'page' of the bayer tree".

ddw 11y ago

I'm genuinely confused: how can you develop a new database without a technical co-founder? I mean they clearly pulled it off but how did they even start?

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zodiac 11y ago
I think they were both technical (one of them has a CS degree and started a PhD program, couldn't see the LinkedIn for the other)
nulltype 11y ago
The guy who wrote that post definitely has technical skills.
jdoliner 11y ago
I was the first employee at Rethink, very much not an "I just need a technical cofounder post" but a let's fill out our founding team with even more technical expertise.
vvpan 11y ago
I believe Slava was looking for an extra technical cofounder. He is extremely technical himself. Eventually it was him and two other people - Mike, who is sort of semi-technical (he doesn't write the DB afaik, but works on many other things) and Lief, who is a very technical guy, but moved on fairly early. Source: I slept on the floor of their home/office for a few nights in '09.

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jondubois 11y ago

That's a long time ago. I've been working on my own open source project for 2 and a half years. It's good too know that these kinds of projects take a while to gain traction. I first heard about RethinkDB in 2015. I gave it a really thorough tryout and I liked it. It's the first database that makes NoSQL worthwhile for me - I love how easy it is to configure and scale. Also the query language is really clean and simple - You can learn it as you go along (unlike SQL, you don't have to know it all up-front in order to use it efficiently).

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