[JOB OPP] [sbartner@limegroup.com: RE: To Swat's CS Dept: from a 2004 alum

From: "Charles Kelemen" 
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:29:56 -0400
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About The Lime Group

The Lime Group is a technology firm operating businesses in finance and
software. Companies under the Lime Group umbrella include Tower Research
Capital, a quantitative hedge fund manager; Lime Brokerage, a direct access
securities broker; Lime Wire, makers of the world's fastest peer-to-peer
file-sharing client; and The Open Planning Project (TOPP), a non-profit
focusing on increasing transparency in government and enhancing citizen
engagement with the decisions that affect our lives. 

The Lime Group has a relaxed and casual workplace. We put a premium on
quality of life. We believe that working intelligently and efficiently
allows us time to enjoy all that life has to offer. 

Our office is an open workplace that involves everyone in what is happening
in the business. The goal is for everyone to be excited, happy, and
challenged, and to have the opportunity to live up to their potential. Our
small size and open work environment creates an esprit de corps rarely found
in large organizations. This creates a powerful learning environment where
people freely consult with each other and share their experience and
knowledge. 

At the Lime Group, we not only strive to excel at what we are doing, we
thoroughly enjoy doing it. 

________________________________________________


About TOPP

JOB TITLES: Software Developers, Web Interaction Designer, FLASH Expert
LOCATION: New York, NY
START DATE: ASAP
APPLICANTS: Current seniors and recent graduates

The Open Planning Project (TOPP) seeks highly talented individuals looking
to make a real difference in the world.  We are building an organization
that innovates and pushes the edges of technology, but while most tech
companies work in service of the profit motive we work for the building a
more transparent, sustainable and democratic society.  We believe that
non-profit does not have to be a synonym for inefficiency, and that we can
find equitable business models and reinvest the profits in further service
of humanity, instead of begging big donors for money. 

http://www.openplans.org/projects/topp-the-organization/project-home  

If you are highly motivated yet aren't quite ready to take the 9-5 (or
9-midnight as the case may be) job making enterprise software or doing
investment banking, then we encourage you to apply and help us build a new
kind of non-profit.  We hope to be a job that you fall in love with, that
you can pour your creativity and energy in to, and be rewarded by seeing
your work in the world.  We offer great benefits, competitive salaries,
flexible hours, and a work environment you want to come to, in a beautiful
office in downtown New York filled with friendly and passionate people.    


Open Positions*

Software Developers

If you want to use your computer science skills to help make the world a
better place, then TOPP is interested in talking to you.  All our software
is developed open source, in both license and
methodology.  You should have experience in a variety of programming
environments, enough to be comfortable switching languages and pick up new
skills.  We are very excited if you can show us contributions you've already
made to open source projects.  Solid software engineering including
algorithms, object-oriented programming, databases and design patterns is
essential, as is proven academic success.  We currently use the Python,
Zope, Plone stack for our OpenPlans
www.openplans.org/projects/topp-the-organization/about-openplans software,
but are looking to add a lot of AJAX functionality on top of it. 

GeoServer www.openplans.org/projects/topp-the-organization/geoserver is
programmed in Java, and if GIS and web mapping excites you we encourage you
to apply.  

Web Interaction Designer

Though you can do stellar graphic design or pump out high-quality code, you
prefer to meld the two, designing and engineering the complex interactions
between humans and software.  Our tools needs to be incredibly easy for
anyone to use, and we want you to make them so.  You will design user
interfaces in collaboration with our engineers and open source users
(co-developers), and recieve and provide feedback on prototypes and design
mockups.   You should have experience with DHTML, CSS and ideally Javascript
or Flash as well, in addition to a portfolio demonstrating clear artistic
talent.  

Flash Expert

TOPP has several interesting online collaboration projects that call for
Flash expertise.  You should have an extensive Flash portfolio, not only
sites that look great, but applications that are a
breeze to use.  You will take a leadership position on the Flash projects,
gathering feedback from managers and implementing prototypes and production
quality flash based applications.


HOW TO APPLY:

Please email all RESUMES and COVER LETTERS (including GPA) to:
sbartner@limegroup.com 

Samantha Bartner
Human Resources Associate
The Lime Group, LLC
377 Broadway, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10013
212.219.6033
sbartner@limegroup.com 

*Be sure to include a good cover letter on why you are interested in working
for The Open Planning Project -- we want to learn more about you than just
what will fit on a resume. 


-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Kelemen [mailto:cfk@cs.swarthmore.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 3:18 PM
To: Samantha Bartner
Cc: kuperman@cs.swarthmore.edu; maxwell@swarthmore.edu;
meeden@cs.swarthmore.edu; newhall@cs.swarthmore.edu;
richardw@cs.swarthmore.edu; Jeff Knerr
Subject: Re: To Swat's CS Dept: from a 2004 alum

Hi Samantha,

We have a majordomo subscription email list called job-opp to which
many CS majors and some CS alums subscribe.  I forwarded your 
note to that list.  Unfortunately, that list does not
handle attachments, so if you would like me to send any
of the specific descriptions to that list, please send them to me
as ordinary text or send urls of a place where you keep them
that I could refer students to.

Thanks.

--charles


On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 02:32:31PM -0400, Samantha Bartner wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> My name is Samantha Bartner and I graduated from Swarthmore in 2004 (with
a
> double major in Psychology & English Lit).  I am now working in NYC in the
> HR Dept. of The Lime Group, LLC.  The Lime Group is a technology firm
> operating businesses in finance and software. Companies under the Lime
Group
> umbrella include Tower Research Capital, a quantitative hedge fund
manager;
> Lime Brokerage, a direct access securities broker; Lime Wire, makers of
the
> world's fastest peer-to-peer file-sharing client; and The Open Planning
> Project (TOPP), a non-profit focusing on increasing transparency in
> government and enhancing citizen engagement with the decisions that affect
> our lives. 
> 
>  
> 
> The Lime Group has a relaxed and casual workplace. We put a premium on
> quality of life. We believe that working intelligently and efficiently
> allows us time to enjoy all that life has to offer.  Since I have begun
> working here (several months ago), I have come to think of this workplace
as
> a great fit for Swarthmore grads.  Our office is an open workplace that
> involves everyone in what is happening in the business. The goal is for
> everyone to be excited, happy, and challenged, and to have the opportunity
> to live up to their potential. Our small size and open work environment
> creates an esprit de corps rarely found in large organizations. This
creates
> a powerful learning environment where people freely consult with each
other
> and share their experience and knowledge. 
> 
>  
> 
> I have attached some job descriptions detailing current openings.  Please
be
> in touch if you know of any students ('06 or alumni) that you feel might
be
> a good fit for any of these positions.  I am also interested in setting up
a
> long-term relationship with the CS Dept. there, so that we may recruit CS
&
> Math majors from 2007 and beyond.
> 
>  
> 
> Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!  
> 
>  
> 
> Best,
> 
> Samantha
> 
>  
> 
> PS: Swarthmore's campus must be in full bloom right now - how lucky you
are
> to be there - I always loved this time of year (aesthetically more so than
> academically)!
> 
>  
> 
> Samantha Bartner
> 
> Human Resources Associate
> 
> The Lime Group, LLC
> 
> 212.219.6033
> 
>   sbartner@limegroup.com 
> 
>  
> 





Charles F. Kelemen, Edward Hicks Magill Professor
Chair, Computer Science Department
Swarthmore College 
500 College Avenue			
Swarthmore, PA  19081 
610-328-8515   
cfk@cs.swarthmore.edu
kelemen@swarthmore.edu


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Charles F. Kelemen, Edward Hicks Magill Professor
Chair, Computer Science Department
Swarthmore College 
500 College Avenue			
Swarthmore, PA  19081 
610-328-8515   
cfk@cs.swarthmore.edu
kelemen@swarthmore.edu
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