February 2012: The San Francisco 140 Proof team + friends
Yesterday the HQ team took time out for a well-deserved diversion. First we hit up House of Air for a trampoline dodgeball game. Account Manager Chad McMahon (@chadwickmcmahon) and CEO Jon Elvekrog (@jonelvekrog) gave the @140ProofAPI team a run for their money. And Kathleen Brady (@kaybrady88), our newest Account Manager, offered a lesson in gymastics:
(you’ll flip for our benefits. see our open jobs)
We wrapped the evening with a stop at @bloodhoundsf and a dip at @FondueCowboy, finally heading back to HQ late last night for the traditional grinding of the margaritas and lighting of the hookah.
We had much to celebrate! Thank you to all our customers and partners. We’re excited about what 2012 will bring.
21st Amendment Beer-Tasting & Hiring Party, 12/20
Like everyone else in the Bay Area, we love Github and we’re hiring engineers! Unlike everyone else, our office is located next to San Francisco’s best micro-brewery, 21st Amendment, and we’ll be hanging out and talking beer, Ruby, and Rails on Tuesday December 20th.
Brews on tap:
- South Park Blonde
- Baby Horse
- ./script/lager
- Red Dwarf
- Fireside Chat
- Eager Loading
- Back in Black
- Two Rivers Cider
- has_many glasses
Does talking Ruby make you thirsty? Get your ticket now from Eventbrite
Who is 140 Proof?
We’ve built a super-performant recommendation engine using the best tools (Rails, GitHub, Hudson, Memcache, NewRelic, Redis, Resque, etc). We’ve also contributed several gems back to the community, like the Twitter gem, Rails admin, the monetization libraries, and scalable Twitter buttons.
We’re seeking full-time Rubyists, Rails developers, and dev-ops’ers to join our team (these are full-time jobs in San Francisco).
To learn more, check out this amazingly tall page: http://labs.140proof.com, or ping jm3 on Github or on Twitter.
(If you’re reading this after 12/20 and still want to grab a beer at 21A, contact us at jobs@140proof.com)
The Bundler, Darth, a Georgia Peach, and “Late for the Train” crossing Second Street in San Francisco on the way from 140 Proof HQ to Centro for coffee.
Compliments from one of our Chicago customers:
“Awesome swag from @140ProofAds to help get around the new floor quicker!”
Happy to help!
“Don’t call it a redesign, we’ve been here for years…”
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND:
140 Proof girls’ shirts are now here. Soft, fitted American Apparel tees with our most popular slogan: You Can’t Spell Capitalism without “API.”
Supplies are limited, please form an orderly line to the left.
We installed synchronized clocks in the West Coast office to stay in sync with our customers around the globe…AS USUALLY
