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LivingSocial Gains Wealth Of Ruby on Rails Expertise With InfoEther Acquisition
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- petercooper 16y agoThis is an interesting acquisition. It seems, to me, to be almost entirely a recruitment play. Some cash for the founders and an as-good-as-guaranteed high paying job for the next few years. I know that recruiting good Rails people is tough but I must admit I'm surprised it's gone this far. Congrats to the InfoEther team. I bet they weren't short of work to do independently so this deal must have been pretty stellar.
- Tyrant505 16y agoNot only do they get individual talent, but also the cohesion of existing, working teams.
- vgurgov 16y agoThis is not new in Rails world with today crazy talent price. Even my small avrg rails consulting shop was approached for buyout 2 times. We didnt agree on price that would bind us to one project for yrs so deals didnt went thro.
- tcopeland 16y agoI won't believe that this is the real Peter Cooper unless you say "frickin' awesome!"
- dfischer 16y agoMakes perfect sense. This is what happens when the industry is in a bubble and needs talent. Acquire top firms. Oh success. How I want thee.
- epoxyhockey 16y agoIs there a lesson to be learned here? When creating a new product, should one choose to code in a language that has a larger talent pool to select from?