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Loved the article. Whenever I read articles or releases by Fly.io, it makes me want to work with them. As a newbie who's interested in databases and networking

Loved the article. Whenever I read articles or releases by Fly.io, it makes me want to work with them. As a newbie who's interested in databases and networking, I reckon it would be an amazing experience in the team. Unfortunately, they do not hire interns or likewise (from their job page) and I assume, from the amazing work they do, they aren't looking for beginners. =) EDIT: Thanks to people encouraging me to apply. I'll definitely try!

krono 4y ago
If there's something you want, it might work better to just straight up ask them for it.
corobo 4y ago
More likely to succeed with an application than an assumption of failure :)
davnicwil 4y ago
Start the application transaction. If it fails you'll just roll back to current state in your career log (resumé). Nothing ventured nothing gained.
- klysm 4y ago
  Just make sure you are in at least read committed isolation
spike021 4y ago
Not only just apply, but definitely try to network with people on the team. Works well if they're active on twitter. I got my first internship by building a rapport with someone on twitter and then they worked with their org to find an internship opening for me (still had to interview and stuff) that wasn't on their careers site.
michaeldwan 4y ago
We do hire entry level people, in fact we're wrapping up our first cohort of interns right now. Exclusively hiring experienced dudes from the tech bubble is a failure mode in the long run. We're invested in hiring folks with diverse backgrounds and experience levels, and we need to talk about that more for sure. Our jobs page is sparse right now because we’re focusing on hiring EMs to help grow a healthy eng org. We’ll have more openings before long, and you should absolutely apply when something sounds right. Feel free to hunt me down online in the mean time!
- mhlakhani 4y ago
  Since you mention hiring EMs, is there a place to view the open roles for EMs? The jobs page seemed mostly IC focused

krono 4y ago

If there's something you want, it might work better to just straight up ask them for it.

corobo 4y ago

More likely to succeed with an application than an assumption of failure :)

davnicwil 4y ago

Start the application transaction. If it fails you'll just roll back to current state in your career log (resumé). Nothing ventured nothing gained.

klysm 4y ago
Just make sure you are in at least read committed isolation

spike021 4y ago

Not only just apply, but definitely try to network with people on the team. Works well if they're active on twitter. I got my first internship by building a rapport with someone on twitter and then they worked with their org to find an internship opening for me (still had to interview and stuff) that wasn't on their careers site.

michaeldwan 4y ago

We do hire entry level people, in fact we're wrapping up our first cohort of interns right now. Exclusively hiring experienced dudes from the tech bubble is a failure mode in the long run. We're invested in hiring folks with diverse backgrounds and experience levels, and we need to talk about that more for sure. Our jobs page is sparse right now because we’re focusing on hiring EMs to help grow a healthy eng org. We’ll have more openings before long, and you should absolutely apply when something sounds right. Feel free to hunt me down online in the mean time!

mhlakhani 4y ago
Since you mention hiring EMs, is there a place to view the open roles for EMs? The jobs page seemed mostly IC focused