Computer Science
13+ Facebook Groups for Computer Programmers
Last week Boris was featured as a guest writer on Mashable, his post HOW TO: Use Facebook for Professional Networking received over 950 tweets. From reading the comments, I was surprised to find that there are many people who still have yet to capitalize on the professional benefits Facebook groups have to offer. By joining groups you have the opportunity to:
- Participate in group discussions
- Answer and ask questions
- Add and view links
- Send a message to the whole group
- Get information on upcoming events
- Learn about and connect with individuals in your industry
If you are curious as to what type of groups are available to join, specifically in the Software/Web Marketplace, I have put together a list of Facebook Groups to get you started:
- Join a Startup – Members: 8,159 The Join a Startup Group on Facebook is for those professionals in the
Software/Internet Marketplace who are looking to work for the next Google. It is also for startups that are looking for talented and driven individuals. On the group discussion board, startups post their open positions, the required qualifications and an introduction to their company. Those individuals interested in working for a startup can see the post, apply or post a brief summary of their background. Members of this group also share industry specific news, videos and events. - Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs – Members: 63,896 The Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs
Group is for all those techies, programmers, hackers, developers, designers, etc. who are interested in joining up with new startups. It is also for professionals who are dying to be part of the next web business boom. With links to venture companies, business resources, and access to over 60,000 movers and shakers in the industry, making contacts and hearing about potential career opportunities should easy. 
- .Net Programmers - Members: 12,244 One of the largest and growing communities of student and professional developers on Facebook. Powered by INETA, VWE, MICROSOFT & more. Join to discuss and attend educative talks and interactive presentations of interest to professional developers around the world.
- Lunch 2.0 – Members: 2,908 Lunch 2.0, it is a popular networking event devoted mainly to the Software
Industry. Each month a different software company hosts a lunch, they invite everyone in the marketplace to come in see their office and mingle with other professionals in the industry. Their Facebook Group is for those members who regularly attend the events in their area, and want
to network with members from different regions. Members have access to event updates, news articles posted by other members, photos/videos from past events. - The Web Designer Index – Members: 15,377 Out of all the groups listed in this post, I feel The Web Designer Index Group offers the most features to its group members. The Web Designer Index is a group for all web designers, developers, web programmers and animators to come together and discuss programming, graphic design, and anything else web-related. The group allows its members to post their personal websites, portfolios, favorite websites and tutorials. It also has a resource area on the page that links informational websites listed by topic. Members have the freedom to use the discussion board to announce when they are looking for a job, know of job openings or are referring someone for a position previously listed.
- Computer Programmers – Members: 11,018 The Computer Programmers Group on Facebook is one of the largest groups for computer programmers. It’s members work with or have worked with technologies such as C, Java, Pascal, Python, HTML, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Visual Basic, and others. This group doesn’t allow job postings or business advertisements, but it does have hundreds of posts on their discussion board where Computer Science professionals can go to give and read advice and tips. It is a excellent group to meet and build contacts with individuals who share the same professional skills
as you do. - Computer Programmers Global Resource Center – Members: 1,286 This group coins themselves as one of the oldest and growing community of programmers on Facebook. Members of this group discuss interesting programming topics with other developers. Most of the group members have a specialty in C, C++, C#, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl, Lisp, Prolog, Fortran. & more
- Web 3.0 – Members: 13,511 This group is for those interested in the next evolution on the web. Network with other Facebook members who want to stay on top of innovation and merge into the world of Web 3.0. Here you will get an idea of what Web 3.0 is and what those in the web space are doing to move from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0
- Software Engineering – Members: 3,621 This group is for Software Engineers around the globe to connect and network with software or application developers, software architects, or senior systems analysts. They have an active discussion and wall where the members talk about current software trends, list jobs and post insightful links.
- Web Startups – Members: 2,359 This group is dedicated to all web entrepreneurs who want to share their new projects with a tech savvy community. Under the links section it lists a tons of startups and their websites. It is to make the tech community more aware of what is out there.
- Web T.e. – Members: 2,249 This group is a spinoff of the Web 2.0 group listed above. Web T.e (T.e = Trust,
Ideas and Ethics) is a group where members who share those three attributes can freely share their ideas and get feedback. Members can talk with great programmers and people with web experience. They can form partnerships and find dedicated and enthusiastic people for help. It’s about “discussing and developing” with people you can trust. - Computer Science: Programming problems – Members: 2,757 This group brings together programmers
to discuss interesting problems and to find the most elegant algorithm, both effective and understandable. You can find links to training seminars, self help videos and have access to members that are more than willing to assist you with questions that pertain to programming - Specialized Programming Groups – When searching for groups, if you look in the category of Internet and Technology – Software there are many specialized groups. Examples are:
- PHP
- Ruby on Rails
- Ruby
- Rails
- Java
- LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP)
- C#
- .NET Programmers
- ASP.NET Developers
- Linux
- Perl
- OpenSource
- PytonDevelopers
Applications Engineer, Front-End
Job ID: BE089986
Job Title: Applications Engineer, Front-End
Salary: Open
Location: Redwood City
Job Description:
Our client is a rapidly growing, well funded startup in Redwood City, CA, with an experienced executive team with significant backgrounds in Internet search, online advertising, consumer businesses, and online marketing. They’re changing the way the world thinks about online advertising with a service that’ll kick the current accepted models to the curb.
They are looking for a member of technical staff for their Applications team. The candidate will also get broad exposure to the business side, and have an active role in requirements process. This engineer will work and help them lead the effort in designing and implementing the critical features in their state of the art front-end that supports our advertisers, publishers and internal business users. If you’re passionate about applications that deliver real value, high impact business front-ends, look and feel, latest web technologies, and are interested in joining a world class engineering team you might well be the person our client is looking for. This hands-on role contributes to the organization’s success through experience in web-based front-ends, application programming, and critical business systems. Qualified individuals will have a solid background in the fundamentals of computer science, applications building and high availability web front-ends.
Because they are a small team, your ability to communicate technical ideas effectively, in oral and written forms, and solve complex problems in a team environment will also be considered
Responsibilities:
· will build web-based applications – Work with latest front-end technologies to make the features come to life. We practice continuous development with releases going out every week
· will build database applications – Work with a group of engineers to help design and implement business and consumer based database applications. This will support large-scale, online application infrastructure in a 24×7 environment
· will collaborate on requirements – Work with the Engineering, Product Management and Sales teams to come up with features that would help them and their clients be more productive and improve the bottom line
Qualifications:
· must have 0-4 years of relevant experience
· must be hard working, team oriented, bright, creative, cooperative, and an exceptional problem solver
· must be able to quickly understand business logic and be able to translate into technical implementation
· must have experience with Java, C++ or C#
· must have implementation experience with web technologies
· must have a degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering (BS)
· should have a solid understanding and working knowledge of relational databases
· should have working knowledge of latest web technologies (AJAX, Velocity)
Company Culture:
· Founded in 2005
· Part of Business 2.0’s Next Net 25
· Enables advertisers and publishers to buy and sell online advertising in an advanced market that automates targeting
To apply for this position please click here to send your resume
Top Talent Tuesday
Bay Area Top Talent
Candidate #1
This candidate is a young, motivated, and passionate engineer with about 3 years of experience, still new in the game but very smart. Currently a software engineer working on the front end development for many high traffic sites around one of the largest search companies in the world. Before that, worked at a startup for about a year, so has both large and small company experience. Got his BS in Computer Science and is pursuing a Masters in Computer Science. This candidate lives in San Francisco and would like a position in San Francisco, or closer to. Please georgina@bincsearch.com as soon as possible if you’d like to get introduced to this candidate.
Candidate #2
This candidate is a veteran in graphics and rendering. He has been working in gaming for nearly two decades and currently resides in Northern California. He works for one of the largest game studios in the world and holds a masters degree in computer graphics from one of the most reputable universities in the country. He is no stranger to object-oriented code, and is an expert in shading technologies. If you want more information on this candidate, please email eli@bincsearch.com.
Seattle Top Talent
Candidate #1
A keen eye for user centered design, a firm background of business based decisions, and solid web development skills are all packed together in Seattle’s top talent this week. Our candidate is focused on finding exceptional designs for the end users consumption while ensuring an exceptional direct impact on the business. His skills compliment perfectly towards either a user-focused Technical Program Manager or Sr. Web Developer. Please contact grant@bincsearch.com if interested.
Los Angeles Top Talent
Candidate #1
LA’s top talent works for a mass scale Media Company – He’s a phenomenal back end developer with a BS in Comp Science from a top 5 school and is an expert in several OOP languages including C++, Perl, and Java. He has extremely solid work history and a passion for pure development. This gentleman is looking for a small start up that’s been able to secure funding and has an innovative product. Ideally he would like to find a position that blended design, development, and mentoring Jr developers. If he sounds like a good fit for your team, contact Cameron Thomson at Cameron@BINCSearch.com
Top Talent Tuesday
Los Angeles Top Talent
- Candidate #1 LA’s MPC is currently the Manager of Technology for one of LA’s most well known Consumer Web Companies. This gentleman graduated from an Ivy League school, with a degree in Computer Science, and has been on an accelerated career path ever since. He is an expert in Java (J2ee), Python, and Web Services – Currently he is looking for a management opportunity that will allow him to stay “hands on” and will blend his responsibilities between management, strategy, design, development, and mentoring. He’s available to start a new position with two weeks notice to his current employer and has open availability for a phone conversation. To schedule an appointment, contact Cameron@BINCSearch.com.
Bay Area Top Talent
- Candidate #1 Senior software developer and architect with over 17 years of experience in a variety of areas including mobile devices, networking, systems, desktop applications, graphics and image processing, embedded and real-time operating systems, high performance servers, web applications, and UI design and development. Excellent work history – passively looking for the next great adventure. If you are interested please contact Mel@bincsearch.com.
- Candidate #2 This engineer is a very talented front end web developer. As of recently, he has been doing consulting work on some very high-profile web applications. He is a very sharp web engineer that has a genuine passion for new and cutting edge web technologies and services. He is very talented with Php, ruby, javascript, ajax, and many other web technologies. Although he has done consulting work lately, he would love to take a full-time role as long as the team and product make sense for his background. E-mail me at Peter@bincsearch.com if you think you can fit that description.
- Candidate #3 This engineer is an expert OO-code writer. He has an expertise in PHP, Ajax, javascript, Flex and has the skills to build a mass-scale web application from front to back. He has a laid back personality and style, but really lights up when discussing cutting edge web concepts and applications. He is very excited about the prospect of building a UI that helps mass-consumers have a great online experience. If you’re interested, send me an email at Peter@bincsearch.com.
- Candidate #4 This candidate is a veteran of enterprise software as well as a Guru in Java development. He has experience doing both server and client side development, and holds a computer science degree from a very reputable university. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is looking for a principal or lead development role. If this seems like a candidate you would like to chat with, please send an email to eli@bincsearch.com.
Seattle Top Talent
- Candidate #1 Energetic, well educated, motivated, technically adept, and an outstanding young leader, Seattle’s top talent this week is equally at home as either a lead engineer or highly technical program manager. His background is primarily in mass scale web as a senior engineer and SCRUM master. Having just received his clearance to work for any employer, he’s most interested in joining a startup or early stage team working in the consumer web space. While primarily focusing on the Seattle community he is open to considering roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles. If you are interested in speaking with this candidate contact Grant@bincsearch.com.
Post to techzulu
Find Us On: