[mplspm]: What's the tech sector like in Minnesota?

[Michael Smit]

At 10:27 PM 1/3/2004 -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote:
>One employer I know that uses Perl is the local Reuters branch which used
>to be Bridge, before Reuters bought them.  They use Perl for processing
>lots of financial data feeds.  I interviewed there and they seemed nice,
>but they have a draconian IP contract that claims ownership of _any_
>creative work you do at _any_ time while employed there, so I couldn't
>even consider working there.

It's been a while since I posted (and even longer since I've attended a 
meeting).  I work at the aforementioned Reuters office.  In our defense, we 
also thought that the IP contract was too inclusive as well, and didn't 
proceed to the step of negotiating with the lawyers so that it was more 
reasonable.  So it might not be that bad.

This holiday message actually comes at a good time, because it looks like 
our office is about to take on more responsibility within Reuters, and 
we'll be needing help to get it done.  This help will have to start as 
consultants, although if we succeed we anticipate being able to offer 
permanent employment at the end of the contract (end of year 
timeframe).  There may be some permanent positions to start with as well, 
but I can't tell you how many at this time.

We're a small (30 people) development office for a large (12,000 employees) 
global company (http://www.reuters.com/) working on backend financial data 
processes.  We use Perl heavily throughout our data collection, parsing, 
and distribution processes.  We run Sybase for our database and most 
servers are Sun Solaris boxes.  Experience is important, but we will hire 
junior people too if you're a good match for us.  Unix, Perl and SQL are 
the most important skills, with mod_perl/Mason, C, HTML, and bond knowledge 
extremely helpful.

If you have questions or are interested, please drop me a line so I can 
send more information when I get it.  Brief qualifications/links are 
welcome, but don't worry about resumes yet.

Michael Smit
Manager, Fixed Income Development, Reuters America




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