We are a small team of software craftsmen (10 of us right now) passionate about making people's lives better through software.
A little bit about us:
- We write custom software of all shapes and sizes for clients all over the US
- Though everyone here is fluent in Ruby, we're more concerned with using the
right tool for the job. In the past two months, I've worked with Objective-C,
Javascript (Backbone+PhoneGap), and a little bit of Java and C#.
- We practice a sustainable pace. We recognize that we each have lives, activities,
and families outside of work. Late nights and > 40 hour weeks are rare by design.
- We're agile, but not dogmatic about it. Our process evolves to suit our needs.
- We offer competitive salaries, health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k) + match,
quarterly profit sharing, weekly catered lunches, and a top-floor office with
snacks, guitars, and your choice of standing or sitting desks.
A little bit about Grand Rapids:
- 2.5 hours from Chicago, 2.5 hours from Detroit, and less than an hour to the beach.
- Lots of great beer. Founders Brewery (a mile from our office) has 3 beers in the
Beer Advocate top 15. HopCat is a “World Class” bar on BA.
Just look here: http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/43
- Affordable housing. If you’re renting anything larger than a breadbox in the
Bay Area or NYC, you can afford a house here (or a much nicer rental). I bought
a nice house with a mortgage payment drastically lower than the rent of my
1 bedroom apartment in Mountain View.
- A growing economy driven by technology, healthcare, and a growing list of startups.
The energy here around the growth in technology and the support for entrepreneurs
is infectious.
A little bit about you:
- You love writing software, and you have a few years of experience doing it.
- You learn new stuff quickly. You’ve used a lot of technologies, but you’re not
afraid to use more. It would be nice if you use and love Ruby, but not required.
- You believe software is written for humans, not computers.
- You want to come into work every day and enjoy the people you work with.
If you're interested, send me your resume/CV and a little bit about why you’re interested:
We are believers in the value of cross-functional, co-located teams. We've tried remote workers in the past and discovered that it doesn't really work for us.
In a consulting business, the typical way you make money is by selling time. A friend of mine has called this "Slavery to the Tyranny of the Billable Hour". The way to scale is by acquiring more time (aka more employees available to work for more hours) so you can bill more hours. It's ok for some, but diversification is better.
We've discovered that whenever you get a bunch of smart folk together who are passionate about what they do, other avenues open up. In our case, we've start forming teams around different business models and product ideas that attract us. These models and ideas are then selectively sponsored by the consultancy to go forward, develop something and release it to the world. The hope is that these new products and businesses would become a source of income for the whole team. As those products and new businesses scale, the consulting business profits, thus scaling through alternate means.
Full disclosure: I work with EJ at Mutually Human.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean. There are certainly larger companies than Mutually Human. If one wanted to work for a large company, I'm sure many will post in this thread… :)
However...
- I'm learning new things all the time, at a faster pace than anywhere else I've worked. The company is very focused on everyone's growth.
- I actually have time for my family, personal projects, friends, etc, as we really do keep our hours reasonable.
- We have happy clients who love our work and are willing to pay well for it.
MH seems like a great place to work. I want to congratulate the founders on the culture they put in place. If I was brave enough to switch jobs, this would be the type of place near the top of my list.
I work at MHS also, and FWIW we have created products in the past and also have a couple new products in the pipeline. We will probably never be a pure products company - but we think crafting our own products a really great way for us to flex our creative muscles and learn new things.
why is this relevant? [edit: fwiw, the question so obviously has the answer "no" (for hn-related values of "scale") that it doesn't seem to be an honest enquiry at all, but an attempt to make a point (for some hn-related value of "point").]
Ahh…I don't run the business. In fact, I'm a pretty recent hire.
From where I sit, it's clearly a different beast from where I've worked before (BigCo and a YC startup). We're probably not going to get rich or have a million-user product, but I wasn't ever chasing that anyways.
http://www.mutuallyhuman.com/
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We are a small team of software craftsmen (10 of us right now) passionate about making people's lives better through software.
A little bit about us:
A little bit about Grand Rapids: A little bit about you: If you're interested, send me your resume/CV and a little bit about why you’re interested:ej@mutuallyhuman.com