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Do you want to work at Twitter? - Twitter Development Talk

39 points by genieyclo 17y ago

jlees 17y ago
Doug's story is pretty cool, but for anyone wishing to get straight to the job description: http://bit.ly/Twitter_Platform http://bit.ly/Twitter_Platform
codexon 17y ago
I wonder if he is being offered any equity.
- aditya 17y ago
  Why wouldn't he be? Twitter is a startup, he is a full-time employee now.
wakeless 17y ago
I love how effective APIs are for developing not only the size/business aspect of sites but other things like pretraining developers and finding the best and keenest developers.
jmtame 17y ago
"We believe that developer happiness and Platform success are strongly correlated." See Apple's iPhone development platform. There may be some anomalies.
- hboon 17y ago
  Twitter is an anomaly too - read http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/60b73acdedaccc31 http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/brow...
elblanco 17y ago
No. Twitter is one of the most bizarre tech fads I've seen in ages - and not in a good way.
- marknutter 17y ago
  I will never understand luddites like you. You honestly can't see any value in Twitter, in any respect?
  - davidw 17y ago
    To play the devil's advocate, there is value in CB radio too.
    - dbshapco 17y ago
      At least nobody is making movies and songs about Twitter. Endless references in popular media, yes. Songs and movies, no. "Breaker, breaker, looks like we got ourselves a convoy."
      - davidw 17y ago
        Heh - that's about the worst song ever, isn't it? It manages to mix the worst of the country twang, the CB stuff, and that sort of disco-ish chorus line.
  - paulitex 17y ago
    I have to admit I'm pretty amazed that someone with a hacker news account just got called a luddite.
    - marknutter 17y ago
      It amazes me that someone on HN can't understand why Twitter is useful.
      - andreyf 17y ago
        marknutter, please read this: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
ConceptDog 17y ago
Cool story. Also another good example about getting the job you want by making yourself valuable through personal interest.
- deleted 17y ago
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alexyim 17y ago
How did he get his follower count so high? http://twittercounter.com/dougw/all/followers http://twittercounter.com/dougw/all/followers It looks like the rapid growth started around 9/25

39 points by genieyclo 17y ago

jlees 17y ago

Doug's story is pretty cool, but for anyone wishing to get straight to the job description: http://bit.ly/Twitter_Platform http://bit.ly/Twitter_Platform

codexon 17y ago

I wonder if he is being offered any equity.

aditya 17y ago
Why wouldn't he be? Twitter is a startup, he is a full-time employee now.

wakeless 17y ago

I love how effective APIs are for developing not only the size/business aspect of sites but other things like pretraining developers and finding the best and keenest developers.

jmtame 17y ago

"We believe that developer happiness and Platform success are strongly correlated." See Apple's iPhone development platform. There may be some anomalies.

hboon 17y ago
Twitter is an anomaly too - read http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/60b73acdedaccc31 http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/brow...

elblanco 17y ago

No. Twitter is one of the most bizarre tech fads I've seen in ages - and not in a good way.

marknutter 17y ago
I will never understand luddites like you. You honestly can't see any value in Twitter, in any respect?
- davidw 17y ago
  To play the devil's advocate, there is value in CB radio too.
  - dbshapco 17y ago
    At least nobody is making movies and songs about Twitter. Endless references in popular media, yes. Songs and movies, no. "Breaker, breaker, looks like we got ourselves a convoy."
    - davidw 17y ago
      Heh - that's about the worst song ever, isn't it? It manages to mix the worst of the country twang, the CB stuff, and that sort of disco-ish chorus line.
- paulitex 17y ago
  I have to admit I'm pretty amazed that someone with a hacker news account just got called a luddite.
  - marknutter 17y ago
    It amazes me that someone on HN can't understand why Twitter is useful.
    - andreyf 17y ago
      marknutter, please read this: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

ConceptDog 17y ago

Cool story. Also another good example about getting the job you want by making yourself valuable through personal interest.

deleted 17y ago
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alexyim 17y ago

How did he get his follower count so high? http://twittercounter.com/dougw/all/followers http://twittercounter.com/dougw/all/followers It looks like the rapid growth started around 9/25