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19 May 2008
Hiring Groovy/Grails Developers
Job Description
ALTERthought is seeking energetic and talented associates driven to deliver solutions for a variety of client distributed systems and web applications, including Web 2.0 initiatives. This position requires someone to bring resourcefulness, experience and a passion for online technology solutions for start-up, emerging mid-market, and established Fortune 500 clientele. As a member of the […]
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24 July 2007
ALTERthought is sponsoring BarCampRDU
Our team will be one of the sponsors for the 2007 edition of BarCamp in Raleigh-Durham to be held on August 4, 2007 at RedHat’s Raleigh campus. We were attendees last year and found the sessions to be invigorating and exciting - demonstrating the emerging vitality of the RDU area for emerging technology and business […]
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19 July 2007
Ruby on Rails the Revolution?
I just jumped into the wayback machine and was inspired to think about technology adoption using a framework for the stages of political revolution - first shown to me by my high school History teacher and the school’s soccer coach, Larry Bosc. So, in addition to the way Geoffrey Moore canonized the technology maturation […]
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2 July 2007
Blasphemy: The Case Against Ruby on Rails
In our last post I fawned over Ruby on Rails (RoR) like a schoolboy smitten by the new girl (let’s call her Ruby) at school. So, like the schoolboy’s heart wrenching realization that he mistook Ruby’s “hello, world” smile for a tender “will - you - be - my - boyfriend” countenance, I present a […]
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7 June 2007
Revenue on Ruby on Rails …
Okay, so its not the most poetic title, but that’s what you get when Captain Alliteration gets your login and password. For the last 18 months we at ALTERthought have been diving into the deep end of the Ruby on Rails (RoR) pool. The technologies are clearly compelling for a number of reasons that are […]
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31 May 2007
ALTERthought is hiring dotNET Engineers
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ALTERthought has a ground floor opportunity for a .NET software engineer/analyst. This opportunity will allow the candidate to make his or her mark on the organization through diverse responsibilities in groundbreaking internal and client services initiatives. The individual will serve as a key technological leader for complex distributed systems (re)-engineering projects. The Software Engineer/Analyst […]
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14 June 2006
ALTERthought Sponsors RailsDay 2006
If there’s one thing that we here at ALTERthought are passionate about - it’s Mackerel. Yeah, the fish. If there’s one other thing, though, it would be sponsoring geek’d-out Rails events.
To that end, ALTERthought has selflessly suspended its efforts to build the world’s largest free-standing Mackerel shrine built completely out of Mac-Minis […]
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9 June 2006
ALTERthought Goes to BarCampRDU
I’ve recently decided to blow off a friend’s wedding (some friend I am) for the geeky goodness of BarCampRDU - and all it took was a little needling from the lads at the Raleigh Ruby Brigade.
Registration is capped at 150 (currently at 139 and counting…), so you’re going to need to throw your hat into […]
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24 March 2006
ALTERthought is hiring: Strategic Business Analyst
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The SBA consulting position serves as a strategic customer liaison and will provide business systems analysis; use case and software requirements development, process and workflow engineering; functional analysis; quality assurance services for various strategic product development initiatives; and enterprise analysis planning support.
All projects occur in a cross-functional team setting. He or she helps support […]
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21 March 2006
ALTERthought is hiring: Project Manager
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The Project Manager will be responsible for the timely delivery and implementation of cost-effective, quality products to our customers (internal and external). This person will provide overall project management and leadership to multidisciplinary teams to deliver within a committed budget and schedule. This person will work with customers, business technology teams in different geographical […]
