Protean - Ann Arbor/Detroit, Michigan - http://getprotean.com/jobs - Fulltime. Intern. No H1-B.

Protean is a VC-backed hardware startup developing the Echo Card, a merchant-friendly form of payment that uses Bluetooth Low Energy to connect with your associated mobile app account. The Echo Card is the last card you will ever need and the first product to offer a secure connection to your mobile wallet.

-Open positions-

* UI/UX Designer - Create visual designs and product experiences. * Backend Application Developer - Architect and implement the APIs behind our platform. * Embedded Systems Firmware Engineer - Create the software that runs our hardware. * Information Security Engineer - Fight bad guys by creating systems to keep our user's data safe. * iOS Developer - We're looking for a well-rounded iOS expert.

-Perks-

Unlimited vacation policy. Flexible hours, dress code, work-from-home policy. Never bring food: Lunches catered. Fully-stocked food/drink/redbull area. Doing meaningful work as part of a talented team creating a nationally visible consumer product.

The full list of job listings where you can apply: http://getprotean.com/jobs

Or email me: henry@getprotean.com

Protean - Ann Arbor/Detroit, Michigan - https://jobs.lever.co/protean - Fulltime. Intern. No H1-B.

Protean is a VC-backed hardware startup developing the Echo Card, a merchant-friendly form of payment that uses Bluetooth Low Energy to connect with your associated mobile app account. The Echo Card is the last card you will ever need and the first product to offer a secure connection to your mobile wallet.

-Open positions-

* UI/UX Designer - Create visual designs and product experiences.

* Backend Application Developer - Architect and implement the APIs behind our platform.

* Embedded Systems Firmware Engineer - Create the software that runs our hardware.

* Information Security Engineer - Fight bad guys by creating systems to keep our user's data safe.

* iOS Developer - We're looking for a well-rounded iOS expert.

-Perks-

Unlimited vacation policy. Flexible hours, dress code, work-from-home policy. Never bring food: Lunches catered. Fully-stocked food/drink/redbull area. Doing meaningful work as part of a talented team creating a nationally visible consumer product.

The full list of job listings where you can apply: https://jobs.lever.co/protean

Or email me: henry@getprotean.com

I read it as "Amish" the first time. Now I'm sad that it's not that word.

There go my ideas: FaceStarter, FaceBnB, FaceBox, Face37Signals.

But still a go on SnapFace.

Congrats Ryan and team!

"My newborn isn't crying all night. April Fools. Yes she is. Joke's on you."

http://twitter.com/#!/balanon/status/53677841384091649

Looks like they're offering up a Macbook, a cinema display, a red Swingline stapler, and Dr. Pepper in the photo. #devporn

... and an Aeron chair!

Given how selective joshu claims to be in hiring, would be surprised if he turned down a developed who requested a mac pro and 3 x 24" or 30" monitors for both home and office, in addition to a macbook pro or macbook air.

A $20k pimped out setup or two is still less than a recruiter would charge, and hopefully about the same as the value of a developer's work to the company in 1 week.

I think Asana has the right idea, just letting people pick whatever they want within a $10k or so budget. There is some value in having commonality (spare parts, support, chargers), and I'd be surprised if anyone wanted anything except Apple or Lenovo laptops and high-end desktops with big monitors.

Valuing a developer's one week of work at $20K is a bit much (~$1M per year?). Also, I'd question the judgement of developer who thinks a $20K pimped-out setup, a Mac Pro and three 30" displays at both home and office, in addition to a laptop, is necessary.

If they expect you to work in that one spot more than anywhere else, the Aeron might be the most important thing you get! Nothing worse than a cheap, (eventually) painful chair. :|

and no door.

This. Headphones sometimes help, but there are times when I think I'd be better off with a VT100 and a door. I wish anyone beyond Microsoft and Fog Creek realized what a huge waste it is to let random people knock me out of the zone incessantly.

To keep the trolls and Debbie Downers out.

Awesome

I am from Michigan. I hate the Michigan left. It basically puts something between you and the other side of the street. I wonder how much gas I've wasted going right for 1/8 of a mile just to go left.

Probably not much since you'd otherwise waste a lot of gas idling at a red light trying to make a left.

It's not like the "Michigan Left" (I hate that name, "Metro Detroit Left" would be much more accurate) does away with making a left turn at a light. Instead, you make a right turn at light at the intersection, and then a left turn at the extra stoplight they added for the Michigan left. The only time it's really a win is when there's no traffic on the road you're crossing, so you can turn right on red and then left on red. And of course, in that case it would be easy to turn left on green if it were a normal intersection...

These aren't unique to Metro Detroit. Portions of the East Beltline (M-44) in Grand Rapids, one of the busiest streets in the area, make use of the Michigan Left.

Depends on how busy the intersection is. Worst case scenario:

Miss the first light to cross straight through the intersection. Idle.

Queue into the non-intersection left turn lane to cross two lanes of oncoming traffic. Idle.

Wait for a right turn red light and idle, or wait for an opportunity to merge into two lanes of oncoming traffic and idle.

The best case scenario is light traffic and hitting both lights green, but you're still going further and taking longer to accomplish a left turn signal's best case scenario. A double left turn lane with signal is almost always faster in my experience.

As a former Michigander, I would disagree. I miss the Michigan left, I find it's much faster in heavy traffic and makes traffic flow more efficiently.

Former Michigander here as well. I miss the Michigan Left because it's great for keeping traffic moving with a right on red. However, I am starting to enjoy the ability to U-Turn in most California intersections.

I'm from Indiana, and I've always found the Michigan left to be much more efficient on busy roads. I alway liked the way they worked while driving in Detroit. For some reason, to me, they made a lot of sense.