SEEKING FREELANCER | Remote | NodeJS Dev with OpenID Connect experience
Looking for a NodeJS developer with OpenID / OAuth 2.0 experience to help with upgrading an OpenID Connect implementation. Specifically, the OpenID service depends on v6 of this library: https://github.com/panva/node-oidc-provider
We would like a review of our current implementation, and help with finishing a mostly-completed upgrade to v7 before we onboard 3rd-parties to our authentication and authorization infrastructure. We estimate the contract length to be between 1 - 2 months, part-time. To apply, send your CV and hourly rate to [email protected]. Please be sure to highlight your experience with the relevant technologies and protocols.
Yes, I did this a couple of years ago. I moved from the Bay Area to Germany.
Biggest sacrifices: Germany is an ethnic monoculture, and Germans aren't too friendly with darker-skinned foreigners, especially if you are vaguely Turkish-looking. I also had to learn German, which was an uphill battle considering how German people treated me.
Gained: Great health insurance and access to cheap and convenient travel throughout the rest of Europe.
I moved out of Germany after 2 years of trying, and failing to assimilate. Now I live in South America.
Cradle is a recently launched music tech startup looking for a backend-leaning Fullstack Developer. We’re a small yet globally distributed bunch of friendly music nerds who work part-time and full-time. In an average day at Cradle, you’ll perform code-reviews, fix well-scoped bugs, help plan and scope larger features, and pair-program with existing team members. The Distribution side of Cradle Engineering is responsible for the website/e-commerce, product distribution infrastructure, and the user and licensing APIs. The application stack consists of an API and an accounts service written in NodeJS, an integration with OpenID Connect for authentication, a Postgres backend, and a WordPress instance with custom plugins. Our application has comprehensive test coverage, and we perform weekly releases from Heroku and WPEngine.
Perks!
- Work when you want, as much as you want (as long as it’s usually more than ~20 hours/week)
- Sign on as a 1099 contractor or W-2 employee, your choice!
- Be part of an early-stage, non-VC funded startup with a healthy engineering culture and a sustainable growth plan
- Work on something that isn’t dystopian surveillance tech. We sell an actual product (i.e. not user data).
I don't think this is a productive narrative to be pushing. Many projects currently rely critically on COIN-OR software, and will continue to do so simply because inertia is often what drives project dependency management. Open source funding is not a zero-sum game, and COIN-OR getting financial support will only strengthen the ecosystem of open-source solvers.
The type of developer(s) that the COIN-OR foundation needs are highly specialized. This person will likely have a PhD in mathematical optimization. Also, some percentage of that funding will need to be used for administration (e.g. hiring said developer, sending receipts to donors, etc).
I have a system76 laptop and love using Pop_OS. Granted, I spend most of my day in the terminal, but the driver support for bluetooth and wifi are really good and work out of the box. Think Ubuntu, but less bloated.
Cradle is a recently launched music startup looking for a part-time Senior NodeJS developer to perform code-reviews, fix well-scoped bugs, and pair-program with existing team members on an as-needed basis (10 - 15 hrs/week) for the next 2-3 months. On-call support during the holidays could also be within the scope of work if the freelancer is available and willing. The Cradle application stack consists of an API and accounts service written in NodeJS, an integration with OpenID Connect for authentication and authorization, a Postgres backend, and a Wordpress instances with some custom plugins. Our core application has comprehensive test coverage, and we perform weekly releases from Heroku. To apply, please send your resume/CV to [email protected] along with a desired hourly rate.
Most developed countries have made this workable. The failure of US higher ed to make itself affordable or accessible does not preclude the value of higher education. The fact that private companies see this as an opportunity for market disruption is bleak at best and dystopian at worst.
I think the problem is deeper than whiteboard interviews. Too few companies are willing to invest in junior talent. Netflix famously only hires senior-level engineers, and Facebook has recently offloaded many of their internships to Major League Hacking [1], an exploitative outsourcing platform for unpaid, entry-level labor from developing countries [2]. This is entirely a problem of the tech industry's making.