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Our EXCLUSIVE client in Cambridge, MA is looking to hire a talented software engineer/web engineer:
Full stack J2EE software engineer (70% back-end work) – Spring/Hibernate/JavaScript/JQuery/AJAX –target is 2-10 years of experience (90-120k + nice equity). Culture fit is very important here. Youthful group. Not killer startup hours, but “fit” is key. Some cloud experience would be fantastic. RESTful Webservices.
12 people on the team, 7 in development. Position reports directly to the CTO.
Awesome location – Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
Company has been through 3 rounds of funding totaling ~ 15M.
Work on some very HOT social stuff – Facebook APIs, EC2/Hadoop etc. Get the chance to work on a broad array of technologies – social media, mobile, RFID etc.
Should have the aptitude and attitude to rock in a close-knit startup team.
Personality fit is critical too:
– Ability to work in a team environment
– Self-motivated, organized and efficient work style
– Highly attentive to detail
– An honest, reliable and trustworthy person
– Fun to work with as part of a high-performing team
If this sounds like you – please reach out to us – scott@biviumgroup.com – subject line “Kendall Square startup”
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I had a wonderful time traveling through Europe, but, all great trips must end — so, I’m back in the recruiting saddle and working on some really interesting searches.
One particularly interesting one is for a Director of Engineering for a C#/.NET Software product client in the Waltham, MA area – nice, family friendly company of ~ 30 people, profitable, and with a team of about ~ 15 engineers – salary in the 150-160k range + 10% bonus + 401k with a match and other benefits goodies.
Drop me a line – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston’s top software engineer jobs/recruiter!
Working on some fun new software engineer jobs, exclusively with a client in the Woburn, MA area:
Our client, a well-known, public company in Woburn, MA, with a small development group in MA (15 engineers) has exclusively engaged me to add 5 new engineers to their team.
This is the best of both worlds – great benefits and investment in the tools/technologies you need + bleeding edge “cool” stuff – CLOUD and VIRTUALIZATION and NETWORKING!
We have three groups we are recruiting for:
Web Development – these are folks with OO web skills – Ruby/Rails/RoR/PHP/Python/Perl – any/all mix is fine
Core engine/software engineers – complex, threaded C++ work — should have a heavy duty CS background. More Senior/Principal software engineer.
SQA – manual and automation, with more emphasis on automation. Work in a wireless, networking or cloud software company is a huge bonus.
So, did you miss me? It was definitely hard to take a break from the hottest job market for software engineers in Boston, MA since 1999… but the confluence of time and opportunity was just too hard to resist.
Among the great memories – hiking the Great Wall of China, sailing in Halong Bag, Vietnam, Cooking with Poo in Thailand, seeing Angkor Wat in Cambodia, visiting 1200 year old Temples in Japan, and eating some of the strangest, but most delicious food I’ve ever seen (including several Michelin award winners!)
So, jet lag in the rearview mirror, I focus my attention on the oodles of clients that need my attention…. and the phone/email never stopped being answered even when +13 hours away.
Looking forward to talking to super software engineers in the Boston area – Ruby/Rails, C#/.NET and Java/J2EE are all still in heavy demand …
Happy New Year! It sure was a whirlwind holiday season – between hosting visitors, charitable activities, and the social scene I’m actually quite excited to be back into 100% recruiting mode.
Often, I hear from old and new clients asking about insight about the market, trends and prognosis for the future. So, here’s a few thoughts to start the new year off:
1. Web skills are hot – a) C#/.NET b) Java/J2EE and c)Python/Rails/Perl/Open source are about 95% of the position tech matches
2. Boston will still remain “behind” the Silicon Valley consumer-facing tech curve and invest in it’s strengths – enterprise, security, financial and networking.
3. The divergence of the economy will continue – the exceptional and talented to drive the market, and the average and below average marginalized.
4. Visa recruiting will pick-up. Some of the best and brightest entrepreneurs and workers come to the US on a visa and that is a good predictor of the tech economy in 2012.
5. Major VCs and venture-capitalized companies will pull back, a bit — Darwinism will reign supreme – the best and brightest will rise to the top.
6. Salaries will become a bit more robust/unstuck at all levels.
I’m very excited about 2012, and believe it’s going to be the best year since 2006 to be on the job market for tech talent, and for those looking to recruit top software engineering talent in Boston – time to partner with those “in the know”
For those looking at or considering market trends in the Boston Software Engineer job market – one of the biggest trends that has been emerging for the past 12-18 months has been the Big Data/NoSQL world and all the related open source tools – Hadoop, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, Cassandra etc.
With Yahoo! being the catalyst and Ebay having huge success with their deployment, I’m finding many startups in the Boston, MA area looking at building ground-up, new products with some mix of these technologies.
With the Hortonworks/Eric Baldeschwieler/Cloudera types leading the charge — and data growing exponetnially in the coming years, I see HUGE opportunities for candidates to get into the action.
With that in mind, The Bivium Group has launched a new jobs category to highlight this fast growing area in the Software Engineering jobs market in Boston —- > http://bit.ly/pab66L
If you are looking to pivot or target your career into one of the fastest growing segments of the tech economy, and remain on the cutting edge, you could do very well in 2012 and beyond in “Big Data”.
For a discrete and confidential discussion of your job search or hiring needs – please get in touch – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston’s #1 Software Engineer jobs/recruiter!
HOT NEW SEARCH!
CTO/VP Engineering – profitable, high volume, consumer website in Boston,MA
We would also consider a senior architect type candidate. Our specs are below:
Tech stack is mostly PHP/LAMP, big data, some Java, python – looking for experience with modern Web 2.0/3.0 technologies.
Sound interesting? Drop me a line to learn more – scott@biviumgroup.com
PS Boo Red Sox – you got what you deserved with your awful play over the past month… would have been a quick exit if you hadn’t managed the biggest choke ever.
This great article in a recent issue of the WSJ – http://on.wsj.com/jdeEIJ talks about how Consumer starting VC funding in Q1 2011 tripled to $874M from $310M, while the business apps/enterprise side of the world “only” moved up to $2.3B from $1.9B – there has definitely been a pivot in both funding, and interest – although the trend and perhaps continued achilles heel for the Boston software/tech market has been, until recently, the lack of critical mass of consumer-facing software/web companies.
The trends are changing, and the software engineering job market in Boston is certainly reflecting that – increasing market value is being assigned to candidate who can work in fast release cycles, and have experience working in a consumer-facing environment,
C++, Boost, STL, Qt – #SoftwareEngineer #Job in #Boston area |120k, Woburn, MA complex simulation stuff – http://bit.ly/l1qooP @scottdunlop
#EC2 Amazon Web services still struggling: Chartbeat – 4/25/11, Many #Boston #startups affected still http://bit.ly/gk8Efe @scottdunlop
Hiawatha Bray, the great tech writer of the Boston Globe quoted me today in a story about the job market for recent grads in the Boston, MA area – http://bo.st/gXysPY
Although much of the interview wasn’t published, the salient points are definitely there — the market is hot, and good candidates are in demand. For the clients I work with, seeking software engineers/web developers in the Boston area – top grads (good internship, co-op, or strong autodidactic) comp sci/computer science experience or graduates of schools here in the Boston area such as:
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) , Harvard, Northeastern, Tufts, WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), Tufts, Brandeis, University of Massachusetts Amherst etc are definitely in the driver’s seat. Entrepreneurial candidates (always close to my heart) from schools like Babson, Bentley or really almost any other school where you pair your Computer Science skills with a strong personal track record of hacking/coding (github, personal webpage, active in a local tech community at a young age) are just as in-demand.
However, it’s not just having the degree, it’s having the ability to back-up your degree with real world skills that make you a great hire:
1. Communication skills – can you clearly articulate your skills, abilities, and interests? Will you work well with both technical and non-technical audiences?
2. Good team-player – there is little tolerance or room for people who cannot fit into a team environment.
3. Horsepower – you can show you can quickly pick-up new skills.
4. Tenacious – candidates who will keep working on a problem and attacking it from different angles.
5. Capacity to Learn – + a willingness to be a ‘sponge’ and absorb – your first job is all about learning/growing and building your career – are you willing to do the hard work to learn?
So, as a top 2011 Computer Science grad, the world is your oyster – it’s not a matter of whether you can find a job as a software engineer here in the Boston area, it’s whether you can find the BEST FIT for you (and maximize your time and value)– there are scores of companies hiring — you want someone in your corner who can help navigate the many pitfalls. You need someone like me – drop me a note if you wish to partner with Boston’s #1 software engineer recruiter – Scott Dunlop – scott@biviumgroup.com
http://www.bostinnovation.com is running a series of articles this week about “Hiring In the Hub” and I was pleased to be asked to write, along with several other tech entrepreneurs, CEOs and Venture Capitalists, about the state of the market.
I was even more pleased to hear that my article was the Featured Story today – http://bostinnovation.com/2011/04/11/state-of-tech-hiring-in-the-hub-the-talent-war-is-on/
Due to space constraints (hey maybe I can make this Part 2) — I didn’t quite have room to expand on a few other trends in the Boston Talent war for :
5. This is a “Show-Me” Market
Managers are still running lean & mean when it comes to engineering departments – and even with the tight supply and demand issues out there — candidates are being asked to do virtual online-whiteboarding sessions before interviewing, walk through code samples once at the interview, and be subjected to intense Computer Science questioning – to test horsepower, agility, and problem-solving skills. So, preparation of candidates is key.
6. Salaries are just getting un-stickied, and have not kept up with inflation/cost of living in Boston
It’s hard to believe, other than for the rockstar/ninjas junior-mid-level candidates, but otherwise, for strong Senior Software Engineer or Principal Software Engineer and above, salaries have not kept track with inflation over the past decade — not helping are the two recessions either.
7. “No Jerks” Policy, other interesting benefits, and hiring-by-committee are trendy right now
Certainly none of us ever want to work with a “jerk”, but how many of us want to work with a Dog/Cat or Baby in the cube next to us? It’s all a matter of perspective. The nicest B-player will never produce as much as the “jerkiest” A+ so, companies and recruiting teams are starting to employ hiring by committee to make group-think decisions. In general, they work well, but as a candidate, you’ve got to be “ON” from the moment you walk in the door to the moment you walk out.
8. With salaries mostly flat, other benefits are critical – vacation, healthcare, flex-time, holidays etc
Since salaries have been flat for the past decade, the other fringe benefits have improved – pretty standard now are 3 weeks vacation (some offering as much as 5 weeks to start) , 10+ companies holidays, and with the skyrocketing cost of healthcare, most firms have kept a lid on the portion that tech employees are paying to 20% (or less) – in fact many have moved to 100% paid medical as an outlier to help in recruiting.
So, the talent war in Boston rages on — with Q2 underway, and even more busy than Q1!
RED HOT Stealth startup, ground floor – Ruby/RoR/Python/Java/Ecommerce/DB – Cambridge, MA
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You:
Employed, likely at a startup (or have in the past), relatively happy, current with high-end real world web 2.0 skills (Rails/RoR/Python/Django/Java etc). You LOVE to code just for the fun of it. You eat, sleep, breath tech/software.
There’s no doubt you can find a *job* – but, who cares about just another job? I’ll admit, I can get jaded with another *me-too* company, but, every once in awhile, comes an opportunity I DO get excited about… And this is one of them:
“Do you have a pattern of contributing in a consistent & meaningful way to startups that have seen a success?”
“Does you have a github account? Does you contribute to open-source projects? Can you demonstrate that you’re a great, cutting-edge engineer that’s fit for a ground-floor startup?”
“Do you have experience in mobile Web, iPhone, Android with RoR/Java/Linux backend and/or online/ad tech/e-commerce domain experience? ”
A BIVIUM EXCLUSIVE – location in the Cambridge/Arlington, MA area
Working directly with the Founder and CEO of this stealth startup who is about close their first A round in the high single millions. They already have clients lined up to buy their product. Building the team from the ground up – multiple needs.
All prior startups these guys have worked on have been sold/acquired for strong exits – not just a small sale, but massive sales Without an NDA can only say *mobile* and *e-commerce* * think transformative opportunity.
Openings – at least 7 as the team is empty — building from the ground up!
a) Hiring likely is a mix of Ruby/RoR/Python/Django/AJAX web apps – end to end.
b) Need a mobile hacker – J2ME/iOS/whatever
c) Need a Lead/Architect who has E-Commerce as their main background ( could be Java/J2EE or web apps with Ruby/RoR)
d) Need a Data Geek – Hadoop/Machine-Learning/ETL, profile info etc must understand big data.
e) DevOps person
f) Any super sharp/smart candidates (from fresh grads on up to Architect) who didn’t neatly fit into the first batch of needs – but have startup experience, and want to do it again! Should have code on github, outside coding interests etc
Big equity play here as you’re in at the groundfloor, but you*ll still get a market-rate salary as we all have bills to pay (think 60s to 130s)
We’re primarily looking for A+ players, the top 1-5% folks who have a job right now, but are looking to get in on the ground floor of something truly unique
Sounds interesting? Want to sign an NDA and learn more?
Drop me a line to learn more * scott@biviumgroup.com * subject line *Stealth Startup*
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Prospective Google Intern has BIG insight into their interview process http://bit.ly/eO7vmS pretty similar tactics in #Boston @scottdunlop
In some tech circles, “Indian outsourcing” is a dirty world, as a citizen of the world, avid traveler, and person who has had the privilege of working and living literally on all continents on earth, I can say that the challenges that the US, and specifically for my readers in Boston face — in terms of lack of qualified candidates in software engineering/technology is repeated everywhere. Just read this article on the Wall Street Journal – http://on.wsj.com/h5ByCR — I was recently in India and traveled extensively, and was impressed and appalled at the same time – there is no doubt that India has come a long way, and yet has so much further to go. What impressed me most while there, was the incredible desire for so many to get educated, and grow. What scared me, was visiting some of the rural villages in the South, where basic supplies such as pencils, notebooks and chalk were in short/non-existent supply.
India was a breathtaking country of contrasts and I count many of my best memories from my travels there. As one of the so-called BRIC countries, I suspect India’s golden age of education, and thus job growth is laid out in front of us right now.
Summary of all the Tech Bubble chatter on – Fortune – http://ow.ly/4rKUC @scottdunlop #boston’s top software engineer recruiter/jobs
Mass. Unemployment down to 8.7%, #Boston at 7.1% Impressive, but no surprise to those in the tech economy http://bit.ly/dGkfos @scottdunlop
I pride myself on offering a comprehensive interview coaching prep system for candidates to give themselves significant and tangible advantages over their competition. My results speak for themselves – candidates repeatedly tell me that my insight and interview tips many times are the deciding factor over competing candidates.
So, a recent interview debrief that didn’t go so well (despite the prep materials) reminds me of how critical showing enthusiasm and interest during the interview process is.
In short – this candidate only “warmed up” during the tail-end of the interview — asking good questions, giving off positive energy/vibes, and generally was more “closed off” until late in the interview. Earlier in the 4 hr block of time, this candidate didn’t really ask any good “buy-in questions” – the sorts that show you’ve thought about the company and want to learn more about the products, business & market space.
Predictably, the client came back with the open-ended question/feedback “Very smart person, technically talented. However, the candidate really seemed to lack curiosity & interest in what we do.”
More specifically the feedback from the interview was “Does this candidate have any interest in what we do and working for us?”
Unfortunately, or fortunately, we have a chance to make sure this candidate gets a “2nd chance” as our rapport and communication lines are open to the client company.
However, you don’t always get a 2nd chance – so, remember, you are “On” from the first moment you start interviewing – show off your smarts, energy, and enthusiasm with everyone you meet – ask good questions — never, ever pass when some asks you “Do you have any questions” – the lack of questions = the death knell to your interview!
Drop me a line if you’d like me to on *your* side! scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston’s #1 software engineer recruiter/jobs!
Bivium Group exclusive job, Lead #SoftwareEngineer Software Manager LAMP/PHP/MySQL #Boston, MA, profitable to 130k http://ow.ly/4pQhL
USA Today cover story Tech Hiring is Hot – http://usat.me?45509482 – well, d’uh! #boston #software engineers are in demand @scottdunlop
Venture Capitalist on the talent war, all the same signs here with #Boston #software engineers http://ow.ly/4ozmY @scottdunlop
JOB hot-shot junior rockstar/ninjas with C#/.NET/Java/RoR #Boston, MA software engineers http://bit.ly/hKTwHi – BYO guitar/katanas
Workers eager to job hunt as morale plunges – 33%+ of those employed ready to change jobs NOW http://ow.ly/4nRFE @scottdunlop #boston
Not really surprising is it? We’ve squeezed out all the efficiencies we could via layoffs and increased work demands — now, the candidates who were, in many times treated poorly, are ready to exact their revenge. Sometimes, a change of scenery is all that is required to get the spark back — we all spend so much of our waking life at work/thinking about work – don’t you want to be excited each day you get up, and surround yourself with people who respect you? The Boston, Mass. software engineering/computer science job market is certainly red hot – but it takes a good guide to avoid the pitfalls out there.
Lead Software Engineer-Java, algorithms, supercomputing, biotech startup, Cambridge, MA to 160k+ options @scottdunlop http://ow.ly/4nGbC
Outstanding opportunity – This is NOT your standard J2EE app. It is high performance distributed computing, very mathematically and algorithmically intense. It’s much closer to pure computer science than just putting together a lot of open source frameworks.
Drop me a line – scott@biviumgroup.com to learn more – Boston’s #1 Software Engineer recruiter/jobs
It’s pretty much the talk on both coasts, and everywhere in-between – with Facebook approaching a 75 B valuation, Venture Capitalists tripping over each other for up-rounds for $30-100 M B/C rounds – it’s a reasonable question to ask – are we in a bubble now? Would we know when we are in a bubble?
My personal thoughts — the M&A/IPO/funding market was so quiet for so long, that springing back to this accelerated/hot market as the “new normal” *feels* like a bubble, more than it is (but I’d say we’re well on the way to bubble land again!).
However, just like in all bubbles, the people who have a vested interest, i.e. are going to make money off the bubble – the VCs, investment bankers, etc are going to perpetuate the idea that “this time is different” — trust me — this time will not be any different from any other prior bubble – there will be LOTS of losers and a few winners — but, it doesn’t mean the ride, exhilaration and excitement of living through another “tech boom” won’t be a tremendous fun for everyone involved — but, temper your expectations and you’ll be much happy when the inevitable pop of the bubble comes … whether it’s one year or three, it’s hard to tell. But, just scan the headlines – the more stories about bubbles (like 2004/2005/2006 in housing) the closer we are getting to a peak.
In closing, I love this quote from a Venture Capitalist: [“There is effervescence, but no bubble,” says Geoff Yang, a founding partner of Redpoint Ventures.] — nothing like parsing words – last time I checked my dictionary, effervescence means lots of little bubbles all around!
What are your thoughts? Are we in a bubble now, headed there?
Full USA Today article linked here http://usat.me?44952522
Drop me a line to chat further – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston’s #1 software engineer jobs/recruiter!
In the Boston, MA software engineer job market — we are seeing multiple offers becoming the “norm” — whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, depends on your perspective. Firms that make quick offers and then put tremendous pressure to accept or decline before a candidate has seen all their job interviews through to completion, IMHO are doing the candidates a disservice. (But I do understand the motivation!)
Who wants to make arguably, one of the most important decisions for the next few years, without some degree of certainty, and all the information on the table?
“Bidding-wars” and multiple offers with signing bonuses, excessive salary outliers and weird perks are starting to re-enter the market, and for me, are a signal flashing “warning” – not about the market, but just about being sure to carve out your own time necessary to make a decision and not find your self seeking work again in a few months.
This WSJ article confirms several data points – http://on.wsj.com/ec8yHj
**51% of candidates are receiving multiple offers vs.35% a year ago
**56% of recruiters have seen “sweetened” offers at the offer stage
With the recent market turmoil in Japan, it’s hard to tell if the USA-wise recovery will be pushed off, but, my expectation is that we’ll be having a few bumpy/uncomfortable weeks (globally) but the job recovery, at least in the Boston, MA software engineer job market has a lot of momentum. Hearts, prayers and thoughts to all those in Japan.
Software Engineer from Mech, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering Waltham, MA 100k @scottdunlop #boston #tweetmyjobs http://ow.ly/4e9R5
I get the calls pretty much every day now — some variation of:
*”where are all the good candidates”
*”we hired so many more people 16 months ago, what’s wrong with you, or us, or candidate”
*”what else can we do to attract cool ninja, hacker, superstar, blah blah blah types”
The biggest issues right now for so many companies, is that they seemingly want to fill their entire team with top 1-5%ers — and who can blame them as productivity, and harmony prevails — but, what happens when you combine a red-hot market, with some managers, or HR folks, still thinking about that “next candidate” who just might show up in another day, week or month? You get the market we’re in right now! Where the number of job openings keep climbing, but the number of hires, is actually going down.
This WSJ article pretty much sums it up:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704410004576182780887145442.html
I can definitely echo this comment:
“Nowadays, if managers speak to a really great candidate, instead of hiring him, they take it as an indication that there must be 10 even better people out there,” says Todd Safferstone, director of CLC Recruiting, a unit of the Corporate Executive Board.
My advice — if you see a really great candidate, you’d better start thinking about how to make them a great offer, otherwise someone else WILL hire them while you mull it over.
Want to talk strategy about not just hiring, but actually recruiting/attracting and retaining a star software engineer? Drop me a line – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston’s #1 Software Engineer recruiter/headhunter.
Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of the USA economy, and despite all the turmoil, noise, and discontent new companies are forming at the highest rate anywhere within the last 15 years. The CNN article goes into more depth and certainly echoes what I see:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/07/smallbusiness/new_business_starts/index.htm
The Boston, MA software engineering job market is red hot and I’d love to chat if you’re considering dipping your toes into the market – drop me a line – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston’s #1 Software Engineer recruiter!
I’ve had the pleasure of being involved in several lead stories on hiring on CNN and Money magazine, although not this particular one — I could very well have echoed and shared some of the same observations in the local Boston, MA job market for software engineers — simply put, things are dividing into the “haves” and “have nots” when it comes down to software/coding skills.
I recently had dinner with one of the original architects of the Windows 3.x kernel who has long since retired to the West Coast and had a nice long conversation with a local entrepreneur who has moved his startup to the East Coast – both, lamenting friends, colleagues and companies struggling to attract “top notch” talent — there is definitely no lack of average talent out there, but it’s the top 1-5% where the market is at it’s fiercest for competition.
With Google and many of our clients routinely paying salaries close/at six figures for a recent grad, yet a similar salary for a solid Senior/Principal software engineer — one has to ask “why” — I think this article on CNN/Money covers that ground well:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/07/technology/tech_engineers_wanted/index.htm
The market here in Boston, and in Silicon Valley/New York are coming up with lots of new companies, all looking to chase a finite number of stars …. if you are a “star software engineer” looking for a top-notch firm, it can be hard to differentiate between the buzz out there — do yourself a favour, and drop me a line to sort out the real star companies from the “pretenders”.
scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston’s #1 Software Engineer recruiter/headhunter
It’s great to be back in the office full-time — even though I was working while travelling waaay down South (Antarctica among other locations) — it’s just not the same with real high-speed Internet 😉
As everyone in tech is certainly aware (and if they still have not woke up to this fact, please, 2008’s is well in the rear-view mirror) that the software engineering market is on fire — right now, I cannot keep up with the companies hiring — and luckily for our long-time clients and candidates, we are being choosy about who we are aligning with. When the market starts to approach “bubble territory” the “me-too” sorts of companies come out of the wood-work:
If you’re in the market for a position, whether on your own, or with a trusted recruiter/headhunter partner — make sure you’re looking at quality opportunities – strong VCs, excellent management team, customers/sales and a business plan — today’s barriers to entry are tomorrow’s reason why your company didn’t raise it’s A/B round of Venture Capital — there is tremendous “pressure” to make a decision when a company likes you, but, be sure you have done your own due diligence, and not merely accepted at face value, all that you’ve been told.
Here’s the link to the Boston.com article about the Jan unemployment rate: http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2011/03/mass_unemployme_36.html?p1=News_links
If you’re in the market for a new software engineer/web developer job in the Boston area — please, get in touch – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston area’s #1 Software Engineer headhunter/recruiter!
Happy New Year — I hope everyone’s holidays were wonderful, relaxing and full of surprises (not the ones involving excessive airport delays!).
All signs over Nov/Dec and entering Jan point to a very robust job market for the Boston, MA software engineering market — evidence abounds that the macro-economic picture has vastly improved, and hiring is primarily a momentum/psychology-driven lagging indicator. Facebook could be preparing a $50Billion IPO in the 2nd half of the year, Google announced a 10% across the board salary increase + the stock market’s end of year rally, has many in a very positive mood.
As I look forward into 2011, there is a huge, unmet demand for top-notch Computer Science/Software engineers across 128,95, Boston, Cambridge and points North/South and MetroWest. From Java/J2EE to Ruby/RoR, Database internals and every level of experience from Upcoming/Recent Computer Science Grads all the way to talented VPs of Engineering.
Like so many, I am cautiously optimistic and anticipate a very, very strong 2011 for the software engineering job market.
Good luck and here’s to a great 2011 for all of us!
Scott
Java/OpenSource/Cassandra/MapReduce/Hadoop/MySQL – Cambridge, MA – Big Data @scottdunlop – #jobs#tweetmyjobs#boston http://ow.ly/316UG
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The same trends as have been around much of the year — the “hot spot” for experience seems to be 1-10 years — very limited demand for very senior/principal/architect candidates, and fresh grads (unless Ivy). That said, I continue to see very positive trends for end of the year, and continuing into 2011.
If companies would be just a bit more “open minded” about their perceptions of candidates, I could see a LOT more hiring going on, with the demand side of the job market RED HOT (Lots of jobs, but clients still aiming for “perfection”).
For a confidential discussion – feel free to reach out – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston area’s #1 software engineer recruiter/headhunter
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