Altrec is growing their tech team up in Redmond and has five open positions.  Please view the full job posting at their site:

Web Developer – C# / .Net / SQL (4 Positions):

http://www.greatoutdoors.com/published/web-developer-c-net-sql

Windows System Administrator:

http://www.greatoutdoors.com/published/windows-system-administrator

We are on a presenter roll!  April’s talk is an excellent follow-up to our wonderful Paid Search talk last month… Sarah Douglas – who by day is a Senior SEO Strategist at G5 – and by night slays it in the kitchen and in various cyber worlds – will be talking about SEO!

Specifically, from her:

Learn the basics of SEO including: design and structural considerations, keyword research & usage, essential tools, and how to generally win at the Googles.

So come learn about how to not get bitten by angry pandas and learn lots and lots and lots about snake oil.

We will be meeting at our **new venue** too!  Tech Space Bend has been kind enough to open its doors to us.  There are lots of comfy chairs, wifi, and since we live in Bend, like four breweries within stumbling distance.  w00t!  See you all there!

I am pleased to announce the speaker for our March meeting.  Jon Davis will be presenting on using Google Analytics and data to drive your PPC Advertising decisions.  Using some real life data, Jon will walk us through some more advanced concepts of managing Pay-Per-Click advertising, and using metrics from tools like Google Analytics to do so.

It should be an excellent talk that I’m sure many in the community will find useful!  Look forward to seeing you all there!

In order to use the Smoking Room at McMenamins, we have to buy food, and beer.  So come hungry to learn, and eat, and drink.

From Transaction Labs:

Web Developer
Transaction Labs is currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated Web Developer to help develop a number of innovative web enabled applications in the financial & marketing industries.

The successful candidate will report directly to the CTO and work as a valued member of a small, experienced, fast moving development team. More agile than “Agile”, we leverage our strengths to produce the best products in our industry using our experience to cherry pick the processes that work – and ignore those that don’t.

We are sticklers for good design, clean/self-tested code and quick-turn prototypes, but don’t care how many yellow stickies you put on your wall or whether you filled out a “TPS” report.

We work in a geographically distributed way with team members scattered around the globe. You must be able to work and communicate easily in this environment: email, chat/IM, etc.

Our production systems are Linux and we work in a Mac and/or Linux environment, so while you can use any other tool you like, you must meet us there.

You need to have a strong skills in GUI development with an understanding of human factors and simple design. You should know why the iPod with 1-button was better than the Sony with 8.

Artistic and graphic design skills would be helpful and desired, but so is facility in computer tools and environments (read: hacker-skills)

If you’re the right person, you can be located anywhere. But if you’re located in Bend, Oregon where we are – even better

Our clients are some of the most well known companies in the world and our products will effect their businesses at the core. We think its pretty cool stuff. If you do too, contact us at jobs@tlabs.us

From their craigslist post:

ENJOY COMING TO WORK, APPLY YOUR SKILLS, AND JOIN OUR ENERGETIC PRODUCT TEAM! It’s a great time to join our growing company and be part of small, creative team. Geo-Spatial Solutions, an emerging technology company located in Bend, Oregon, has an exciting opportunity for a Web/Mobile Application Developer to work on developing web and mobile mapping applications related to it’s new offering, GISDirect (see GISDirect.com). The ideal person will be a team player, passionate about web and mobile technologies and willing to learn.

Job Responsibilities include:
- Works under the Director of Product Development
- Participates in software requirements discussions
- Consults with other developers on design strategies
- Designs, writes, tests and debugs programming code
- Deploys web and mobile applications

Required quals:
- Bachelor’s or Technical Degree in Computer Science or related field
- Proficient with a server-side programming language such as Ruby, Python, Java and/or ASP.NET (C#)
- Proficient at writing web applications that access enterprise databases such as PostGreSQL, MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server
- Familiarity with SOAP and REST
- Ability to work in an Agile development environment

Experience with the following technologies a plus, but not required:
- HTML5 and CSS3
- Developing native mobile application for Android and iOS platforms
- Developing GIS applications with ESRI JavaScript API
- GIS software such as ESRI ArcGIS Server
- Familiarity with a source code repository system like Subversion or Git
- Experience with Unit Testing frameworks
- Experience with object orientated programming techniques and design patterns including MVC

Personal attributes:
- Comfortable working in a fast paced environment
- Willingness to work within a team environment
- Ability to communicate technically in writing and verbally
- Interest in GIS and related mapping technologies
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly with minimum supervision

Job details:
- Salary range: $48,000-$56,000 DOE
- Benefits include health insurance, paid vacation, holiday and sick leave (after 90 days)
- Typical work hours are Monday – Friday, 8-5
- This is an on-site position with some flexibility to work remotely
- Must be available to start no later than March 1, 2012

To Apply
- Send cover letter highlighting relevant experience, resume and references to jobs@geospatialsolutions.com
- No phone calls or walk-ins, please
- Job posted: January 26, 2012. Position open until filled

Timmy

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What is Battledecks, anyway?
Get a taste of what the Ignite experience is like with Battledecks: a powerpoint karaoke where you ad-lib your way through slides you’ve never seen before. Inspired by similar events held at SXSW Interactive, Battledecks is a fast-paced, fun, laugh riot where “contestants” have to put together a presentation on the fly as slides are randomly projected for their confusion and the delight of the audience.

Via: http://www.ignitebend.com/

Topic: Using Twilio to Telephonize Your Apps
Presenter: Timmy Crawford
When: Wednesday February 1st, 2012 6:30PM
Where: The Smoking Room – McMenamins Old St Francis Pub 

From Timmy (I am quoting myself, that is so neat):

I will be giving a presentation on how to implement the Twilio API in
your web application to add in SMS/Text and Voice capabilities to your
coding quiver.  Specifically we will look at how I am using Twilio in
my latest project: conepatrol.com

If interest and time is available, we will even live code some new ski
resorts onto the Cone Patrol network.

In order to use the Smoking Room at McMenamins, we have to buy food, and beer.  So come hungry to learn, and eat, and drink.