loeschg

A recruiter reached out from the Austin office. I respect what you guys do as a company, and I was hoping to ask some questions about the general culture, interview process, etc.

Twitter is the easiest way I can think of to exchange info (@loeschg)

Would also be interested in any trusted resources for this sort of search! Thanks :)

What's a "typical" salary for an Android developer with 2+ years of experience? I'm looking for figures particularly in the DC area but also am curious outside of it.

Indeed places it around $114,000 (http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Android-Developer-l-Washington,-DC.html). I'm not sure how reliable the site is.

I'm currently running a home Ubuntu server which I use to host a couple personal Wordpress websites, private git repo, and do some other tinkering (deploy some sample web apps, etc). My website gets around 4,000 views a month, so scalability is not a huge concern. Because I don't have a static IP, I'm using Afraid FreeDNS's dynamic DNS services.

I recently moved and forgot how much tinkering had to be done to get my server publicly accessible - port forwarding and other router settings, script set up with new ISP to ensure the updating of my DNS (since I don't have a static ip), changing of server network configurations, etc. It took me awhile to get all these ducks in a row... website was down for a good week. So... after going through the move and re-thinking things such as electric bills and reliability, I'm wondering if it's time for a change. I've thought about going back to typical webhosting for ~$5-10 a month, but I really enjoy the flexibility and learning I get hosting on my own server.

Would an Amazon small/micro instance be a viable solution given my circumstances (I don't know much about the cloud options out there aside from Amazon)? Can somebody shed light on the hourly pricing? I'm looking for ballpark monthly pricing if I host a couple wordpress websites (~10,000 views a month) and do some small web application hosting (Tomcat). Looking for a less than $20 a month solution.

Any help would be fantastic!

I or perhaps somebody I know was contacted by a recruiter for their Application Platform Team. Can any current or former Amazon employees (or friends of) give me any information about the job/team/platform that I might not get from HR? Is it interesting work? Challenging? How much bureaucracy? I've heard a lot of pros and a lot of cons about work at Amazon. Obviously a very subjective matter... just looking for opinions.

I currently work for a large consulting firm as a developer and have been for about a year now (a year out of school). I'm back on the job hunt (voluntarily), and I've been in contact with a small startup. They have a handful of employees, only 3 or 4 that are full-time. They got Series A funding (between $2-10 million) earlier this year, and the service they're offering doesn't require any ridiculous sums of money (no complex manufacturing, etc). There's no guarantee or anything that I'd be the right candidate, but I guess I'm just looking for general advice/insight should a decision to join the team arrive.

I know there are a lot of details I'm leaving out, but I'm hoping there's something to glean from what I've shared. Should I make the switch? What sort of questions should I be asking the team when I meet them? What sort of offer should I expect (again granted I'm the right fit)? What would be some positive signs that things are going well? How about negative signs?