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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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