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JamLegend is hiring interns this summer

55 points by sharpshoot 18y ago

bcater 18y ago
What a cool company! JamLegend, that is.
- ALee 18y ago
  Thanks Bcater. Please spread the word to those who want to join us in revolutionizing music gaming, the people we bring on will have HUGE impact on products that our users will immediately use.
chris11 18y ago
I like the layout of the JamLegend page on Snaptalent. The job is something I'm interested in and Snaptalent seems to do a good job aggregating info about JamLegend. One quick question though. What are the benefits to signing up? The sign up ad could be read as implying that signing up would be beneficial to me in applying to JamLegend. Are you offering any services, like resume review? Or is this page all that a logged in user would see, and account benefits are more general things like search access?
- sharpshoot 18y ago
  Have a read of our homepage: http://snaptalent.com/ http://snaptalent.com/ If you have any more questions email me directly: sumon [at] snaptalent [dot] com
  - chris11 18y ago
    Thanks for the response. I decided to sign up for an account. If anyone else was wondering what the Sign Up button does when logged in, the button turns into an I'm Interested button. This lets SnapTalent release your contact info, and since your resume and other info is in your profile, Snap Talent is saying that this an easier way to apply for a job.
    - sharpshoot 18y ago
      Actually your contact info remains private until both sides are interested. Then you get introduced directly to the company hiring.
  - amohr 18y ago
    Just signed up! I'm really impressed with the service so far. As ALee put it, it's really refreshing to see a company that gets it. I've been having a hard time finding appropriately aimed job postings as a soon-to-be-recent-grad and you've given me hope.
    - sharpshoot 18y ago
      Hey amohr - email me on Sumon [at] Snaptalent [dot] com - would love to hear how we can make the service even better
- ALee 18y ago
  Chris, I'm one of the founders of JamLegend, so feel free to e-mail me directly if you have any questions about JamLegend. We have been in News.YC for a while, so it holds a particular place in our hearts if people are referred from there. I've been very happy with SnapTalent because I think it authentically conveys our company and we've helped test parts of their system. Snaptalent is so refreshing because it's a company that finally gets it.
  - chris11 18y ago
    Thanks for the response. I'll probably be emailing you my resume and a few questions later this evening once I get my resume cleaned up a little. And thanks for offering to answer any questions I have. I find it a huge complement to know that I have direct access to a company's founders. One of the reasons I just signed up for SnapTalent, a company I have never heard of before, is getting a response from sharpshoot a few minutes after I asked a question. I have played around on your site a little bit after hearing about it on HN yesterday, but I really wouldn't say I have much of a relationship with your site after visiting it a few times. So one of my first experiences with JamLegend is finding out that you are willing to answer any questions I have, and that created a lot of good will toward your company.
  - sarafsaurabh 18y ago
    I will mail you my resume too. Probably you could have a look at it if I fit in your summer intern profile
  - amohr 18y ago
    So your Snaptalent profile says it's 1-10 employees, and there's 4 positions for interns. That seems like a pretty high intern/fulltime ratio. Are you planning on filling all 4 of those?
    - ALee 18y ago
      We hope to, but the decision for us is not to bring in a warm body, but to have a high threshold and if someone clears it then then they join.
jrnkntl 18y ago
I'm still looking for an internship abroad (I'm from the Netherlands), and this sounds like a cool opportunity! I only hope that JamLegend or any other company on snaptalent are waiting for some european knowledge ;)
10ren 18y ago
The site and game look great, success seem inevitable; but I find playing unsatisfying. The chosen notes often seem independent of the guitar lines in the song; and when played, they're not in sync. So for me, it's more like a simon-says game with incidental background music. :-) - Is this a technical problem? Flash is not so great at syncing sounds and actions; and additionally, I'm trying it on a low-powered eee PC (most flash games are fine on it). - Or is it me? I've heard that these games are not like playing the instrument at all (I'm an old guitar player, just garage bands and teaching, but I can play), and so maybe this spoils the experience for me. I hope this feedback is useful to you - and even better if you can enlighten me! Thanks :-)
- mcastner 18y ago
  They seemed to be about as in sync as any other game of this genre. Your eeepc might be part of the sync issues.
  - 10ren 18y ago
    But how in sync is the genre? :-) That's part of my question. However, it now seems the eeePC is the main factor, as it's straining at some other points in the UI.
    - triplefox 18y ago
      It is entirely a technical limitation of Flash. You have no way of guaranteeing a set sound latency, or even monitoring how much is present. According to the Adobe devs this might change in future versions. But for right now, music games on Flash can't live up to the expectations set by games on other platforms.
      - ALee 18y ago
        All true on this thread. We push Flash pretty hard (could probably beat it a little further), but if you're interested in helping solve these tough problems, we'd love to talk.
mcastner 18y ago
That's really cool, I'd never heard of either of these sites before. Too bad I'm on the east coast or I would definitely apply for this internship. Now I'm looking for internships closer to home on SnapTalent.
- sharpshoot 18y ago
  Hey there - email me Sumon [at] snaptalent [dot] com if you have any company requests. We want to help you get hired!
- sharpshoot 18y ago
  http://snaptalent.com/company/112/ http://snaptalent.com/company/112/ - Odylfarm and Buglabs http://snaptalent.com/company/172/ http://snaptalent.com/company/172/ are hiring on the East coast among others.
auston 18y ago
Here is a gem (Twitter) - http://snaptalent.com/company/100/ http://snaptalent.com/company/100/ p.s. more descriptive (company name in) urls would be awesome?
- sharpshoot 18y ago
  http://snaptalent.com/company/twitter/ http://snaptalent.com/company/twitter/ Every company has an associated URL

55 points by sharpshoot 18y ago

bcater 18y ago

What a cool company! JamLegend, that is.

ALee 18y ago
Thanks Bcater. Please spread the word to those who want to join us in revolutionizing music gaming, the people we bring on will have HUGE impact on products that our users will immediately use.

chris11 18y ago

I like the layout of the JamLegend page on Snaptalent. The job is something I'm interested in and Snaptalent seems to do a good job aggregating info about JamLegend. One quick question though. What are the benefits to signing up? The sign up ad could be read as implying that signing up would be beneficial to me in applying to JamLegend. Are you offering any services, like resume review? Or is this page all that a logged in user would see, and account benefits are more general things like search access?

sharpshoot 18y ago
Have a read of our homepage: http://snaptalent.com/ http://snaptalent.com/ If you have any more questions email me directly: sumon [at] snaptalent [dot] com
- chris11 18y ago
  Thanks for the response. I decided to sign up for an account. If anyone else was wondering what the Sign Up button does when logged in, the button turns into an I'm Interested button. This lets SnapTalent release your contact info, and since your resume and other info is in your profile, Snap Talent is saying that this an easier way to apply for a job.
  - sharpshoot 18y ago
    Actually your contact info remains private until both sides are interested. Then you get introduced directly to the company hiring.
- amohr 18y ago
  Just signed up! I'm really impressed with the service so far. As ALee put it, it's really refreshing to see a company that gets it. I've been having a hard time finding appropriately aimed job postings as a soon-to-be-recent-grad and you've given me hope.
  - sharpshoot 18y ago
    Hey amohr - email me on Sumon [at] Snaptalent [dot] com - would love to hear how we can make the service even better
ALee 18y ago
Chris, I'm one of the founders of JamLegend, so feel free to e-mail me directly if you have any questions about JamLegend. We have been in News.YC for a while, so it holds a particular place in our hearts if people are referred from there. I've been very happy with SnapTalent because I think it authentically conveys our company and we've helped test parts of their system. Snaptalent is so refreshing because it's a company that finally gets it.
- chris11 18y ago
  Thanks for the response. I'll probably be emailing you my resume and a few questions later this evening once I get my resume cleaned up a little. And thanks for offering to answer any questions I have. I find it a huge complement to know that I have direct access to a company's founders. One of the reasons I just signed up for SnapTalent, a company I have never heard of before, is getting a response from sharpshoot a few minutes after I asked a question. I have played around on your site a little bit after hearing about it on HN yesterday, but I really wouldn't say I have much of a relationship with your site after visiting it a few times. So one of my first experiences with JamLegend is finding out that you are willing to answer any questions I have, and that created a lot of good will toward your company.
- sarafsaurabh 18y ago
  I will mail you my resume too. Probably you could have a look at it if I fit in your summer intern profile
- amohr 18y ago
  So your Snaptalent profile says it's 1-10 employees, and there's 4 positions for interns. That seems like a pretty high intern/fulltime ratio. Are you planning on filling all 4 of those?
  - ALee 18y ago
    We hope to, but the decision for us is not to bring in a warm body, but to have a high threshold and if someone clears it then then they join.

jrnkntl 18y ago

I'm still looking for an internship abroad (I'm from the Netherlands), and this sounds like a cool opportunity! I only hope that JamLegend or any other company on snaptalent are waiting for some european knowledge ;)

10ren 18y ago

The site and game look great, success seem inevitable; but I find playing unsatisfying. The chosen notes often seem independent of the guitar lines in the song; and when played, they're not in sync. So for me, it's more like a simon-says game with incidental background music. :-) - Is this a technical problem? Flash is not so great at syncing sounds and actions; and additionally, I'm trying it on a low-powered eee PC (most flash games are fine on it). - Or is it me? I've heard that these games are not like playing the instrument at all (I'm an old guitar player, just garage bands and teaching, but I can play), and so maybe this spoils the experience for me. I hope this feedback is useful to you - and even better if you can enlighten me! Thanks :-)

mcastner 18y ago
They seemed to be about as in sync as any other game of this genre. Your eeepc might be part of the sync issues.
- 10ren 18y ago
  But how in sync is the genre? :-) That's part of my question. However, it now seems the eeePC is the main factor, as it's straining at some other points in the UI.
  - triplefox 18y ago
    It is entirely a technical limitation of Flash. You have no way of guaranteeing a set sound latency, or even monitoring how much is present. According to the Adobe devs this might change in future versions. But for right now, music games on Flash can't live up to the expectations set by games on other platforms.
    - ALee 18y ago
      All true on this thread. We push Flash pretty hard (could probably beat it a little further), but if you're interested in helping solve these tough problems, we'd love to talk.

mcastner 18y ago

That's really cool, I'd never heard of either of these sites before. Too bad I'm on the east coast or I would definitely apply for this internship. Now I'm looking for internships closer to home on SnapTalent.

sharpshoot 18y ago
Hey there - email me Sumon [at] snaptalent [dot] com if you have any company requests. We want to help you get hired!
sharpshoot 18y ago
http://snaptalent.com/company/112/ http://snaptalent.com/company/112/ - Odylfarm and Buglabs http://snaptalent.com/company/172/ http://snaptalent.com/company/172/ are hiring on the East coast among others.

auston 18y ago

Here is a gem (Twitter) - http://snaptalent.com/company/100/ http://snaptalent.com/company/100/ p.s. more descriptive (company name in) urls would be awesome?

sharpshoot 18y ago
http://snaptalent.com/company/twitter/ http://snaptalent.com/company/twitter/ Every company has an associated URL