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Notes from Granicus Interview

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Date: 2011-02-10
Tags: granicus

Who I interviewed with:

Adam Cohen, Front End Development

They are exploring Sproutcore - a JavaScript based MVC

They are facing .js namespacing issues. cleaning up old code, developing and improving new products

James Knuckolls

Wearing a Monkey Shirt and a hoody

Started at Granicus as Operations and moved to a mid-tier developer mentioned going public

Christian -Former Defense Contractor and worked for NASA.

Nick Bhatt, VP of Development

Lives in the city with family. Took a pay cut to come to Granicus. mentioned going public

Tom Spengler, CEO mentioned going public

Javier Muniz, CTO

Emory

Kristi

Questions for Granicus Daily Routine Scrum, daily standups Projects + Direction Redeveloping widgets and cleaning up old code. Developing new products. Ability to work with Others + size of teams daily collaboration and individual production time Flexibility / Telecommuting they strive to flexible, but Scrum does require daily face-time, so proximity is a must. Remote workers aren't phased in as regularly. Growth How has the economy affected Granicus? They've stayed strong, and grew by 30+ clients in the final quarter of 2010. Travel? Not frequently required for the position Mobile platforms Personal endeavors and related open gov initiatives

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