[Haskell] Job Posting (Looking for a few good functionalprogrammers)

[David Bergman]

Yaron,

This is probably out-of-topic, but: are you, or have you considered, using
the .NET implementation of OCaml. I managed - painstakingly - to integrate
it into a toy .NET project of mine, using .NET Direct3D, and see some virtue
in that combination.

If only we Haskellers would be as lucky: both a fast implementation and an
integrated one with a Real (trademark...) environment such as .NET :-(

/David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: haskell-bounces at haskell.org 
> [mailto:haskell-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of Yaron Minsky
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:28 PM
> To: S. Alexander Jacobson
> Cc: haskell at haskell.org
> Subject: Re: [Haskell] Job Posting (Looking for a few good 
> functionalprogrammers)
> 
> S. Alexander Jacobson wrote:
> 
> > Yaron, would you mind sharing the reason your firm chose OCaml over 
> > Haskell for your applications?
> 
> I started the quantitative research group, and I knew OCaml 
> very well, and didn't know Haskell except by reputation.  As 
> to the merits, it is my general impression that OCaml is 
> faster, and is all around a more pragmatic language than 
> Haskell.  That's merely an ill-informed impression, but there it is.
> 
> Yaron
> 
> > For others, I would love to organize an informal gathering of NYC 
> > Haskell programmers if there are any.  If you are 
> interested, please 
> > contact me and I'll try to make it happen.
> >
> > -Alex-
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > S. Alexander Jacobson tel:917-770-6565 http://alexjacobson.com
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Yaron Minsky wrote:
> >
> >> Jane Street Capital (an affiliate of Henry Capital
> >> <http://henrycapital.com>) is a proprietary trading 
> company located 
> >> in Manhattan. The quantitative research department is 
> responsible for 
> >> analyzing, improving, and generating trading strategies.  It's an 
> >> open and informal environment (you can wear shorts and a 
> t-shirt to 
> >> the office), and the work is technically challenging, including 
> >> systems work, machine learning, statistical analysis, parallel 
> >> processing, and anything that crosses our path that looks useful.
> >>
> >> One unusual attraction of the job is that the large 
> majority of our 
> >> programming is done in OCaml.  Pay is competitive, and we're a 
> >> reasonably small company (around 85 employees), so advancement is 
> >> pretty quick for someone who performs well.
> >>
> >> Here's what we're looking for:
> >>
> >> - Top-notch mathematical and analytic skills.  We want people who  
> >> can solve difficult technical problems, and think clearly and  
> >> mathematically about all sorts of problems.
> >>
> >> - Strong programming skills.  Pretty much all of our 
> programming is  
> >> in OCaml, so being a solid caml hacker is a big plus.  But we're  
> >> also interested in great programmers who we are convinced will be  
> >> able to pick up OCaml quickly, so anyone with a high-level of  
> >> proficiency with functional languages could be a good match.
> >>
> >> - Strong Unix/Linux skills --- We're looking for someone 
> who knows  
> >> their way around the standard unix tools, can write 
> makefiles,  shell 
> >> scripts, etc.  We use a beowulf cluster for 
> compute-intensive  jobs, 
> >> so experience programming for and administering clusters is a  big 
> >> plus.
> >>
> >> If you're interested (or have any students you think might 
> be a good
> >> match) and would be willing to relocate to New York, please send a 
> >> cover-letter and resume to:
> >>
> >> yminsky at janestcapital.com
> >>
> >>
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