From btilly at gmail.com Fri Nov 2 10:42:19 2007 From: btilly at gmail.com (Ben Tilly) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:42:19 -0700 Subject: [LA.pm] It looks like A/B testing is close to a full talk Message-ID: I don't even have my presentation done yet, but when I give what I have done to myself, it takes around an hour. And when I give pieces of it to friends, they ask questions and it takes longer. Realistically I can't see it being less than an hour and a half. I believe that I can do the subject justice. I know that it is useful material. (And for those who've worked with me before, I will have information that you haven't seen.) I hope there is interest. However it should really be a full talk. I leave it up to the organizers and the list to choose whether I should give it this Thursday, at a future meeting, or not at all. Cheers, Ben From pablo at paeli.com Fri Nov 2 11:05:39 2007 From: pablo at paeli.com (Pablo Velasquez) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:05:39 -0700 Subject: [LA.pm] It looks like A/B testing is close to a full talk In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200711021105.39598.pablo@paeli.com> Ben, My talk was going to be pretty short anyway, so it can happen another time. I think it makes sense for you to give the full talk. -Pablo On Friday 02 November 2007 10:42:19 am Ben Tilly wrote: > I don't even have my presentation done yet, but when I give what I > have done to myself, it takes around an hour. And when I give pieces > of it to friends, they ask questions and it takes longer. > Realistically I can't see it being less than an hour and a half. > > I believe that I can do the subject justice. I know that it is useful > material. (And for those who've worked with me before, I will have > information that you haven't seen.) I hope there is interest. > However it should really be a full talk. > > I leave it up to the organizers and the list to choose whether I > should give it this Thursday, at a future meeting, or not at all. > > Cheers, > Ben > _______________________________________________ > Losangeles-pm mailing list > Losangeles-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/losangeles-pm From naterajj at gmail.com Fri Nov 2 11:19:56 2007 From: naterajj at gmail.com (Juan Jose Natera) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:19:56 -0700 Subject: [LA.pm] It looks like A/B testing is close to a full talk In-Reply-To: <200711021105.39598.pablo@paeli.com> References: <200711021105.39598.pablo@paeli.com> Message-ID: <349627440711021119m8ba77c2o59e0c25991e640f@mail.gmail.com> On 11/2/07, Pablo Velasquez wrote: > My talk was going to be pretty short anyway, so it can happen another time. I > think it makes sense for you to give the full talk. > On Friday 02 November 2007 10:42:19 am Ben Tilly wrote: > > Realistically I can't see it being less than an hour and a half. Same here, I can give my talks at another time, it wouldn't make sense to cut yours short. Juan From btilly at gmail.com Fri Nov 2 11:23:58 2007 From: btilly at gmail.com (Ben Tilly) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:23:58 -0700 Subject: [LA.pm] It looks like A/B testing is close to a full talk In-Reply-To: <349627440711021119m8ba77c2o59e0c25991e640f@mail.gmail.com> References: <200711021105.39598.pablo@paeli.com> <349627440711021119m8ba77c2o59e0c25991e640f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On 11/2/07, Juan Jose Natera wrote: > On 11/2/07, Pablo Velasquez wrote: > > My talk was going to be pretty short anyway, so it can happen another time. I > > think it makes sense for you to give the full talk. > > > On Friday 02 November 2007 10:42:19 am Ben Tilly wrote: > > > Realistically I can't see it being less than an hour and a half. > > Same here, I can give my talks at another time, it wouldn't make sense > to cut yours short. OK, sounds like a plan. But bring your talks anyways, just in case I'm not as long-winded as I think I'll be. (It is hard to judge these things when I haven't done a lot of them.) Ben From ehammond at thinksome.com Fri Nov 2 19:52:38 2007 From: ehammond at thinksome.com (Eric Hammond) Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:52:38 -0700 Subject: [LA.pm] It looks like A/B testing is close to a full talk In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <472BE276.2010306@thinksome.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ben Tilly wrote: > I don't even have my presentation done yet, but when I give what I > have done to myself, it takes around an hour. Consider giving it an informal test whirl at BarCamp LA Saturday or Sunday. http://barcamp.org/BarCampLA-4 Sessions are only scheduled to be 45 minutes, but you can probably leave out some of the deeper math for this audience. Those planning to attend should add their names to the list on the wiki to give organizers a sense of how many are showing up. - -- Eric Hammond ehammond at thinksome.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHK+J1N9qi28wBkF0RAiWjAJ9u6uJkPZCZPWJK1rMW4Gr2B58s4wCbBwOB UHUGQ7JlwticWuAQp9CDX1M= =9bF/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From btilly at gmail.com Sat Nov 3 05:33:56 2007 From: btilly at gmail.com (Ben Tilly) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 05:33:56 -0700 Subject: [LA.pm] It looks like A/B testing is close to a full talk In-Reply-To: <472BE276.2010306@thinksome.com> References: <472BE276.2010306@thinksome.com> Message-ID: On 11/2/07, Eric Hammond wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ben Tilly wrote: > > I don't even have my presentation done yet, but when I give what I > > have done to myself, it takes around an hour. > > Consider giving it an informal test whirl at BarCamp LA Saturday or Sunday. > > http://barcamp.org/BarCampLA-4 It would be a wonderful idea and is very convenient to me. I'd do it if I had more time to plan it in advance, and didn't have a small child and sick wife this weekend. :-( > Sessions are only scheduled to be 45 minutes, but you can probably leave > out some of the deeper math for this audience. I'm leaving out the deeper math for sure. But there is no point to the talk unless I walk through the actual chi-square calculation. Not so that people will remember it, but so that they can go back through the slides on their own, copy it down, and do it themselves. > Those planning to attend should add their names to the list on the wiki > to give organizers a sense of how many are showing up. Perhaps next year. Cheers, Ben From naterajj at gmail.com Thu Nov 8 09:59:00 2007 From: naterajj at gmail.com (Juan Jose Natera) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:59:00 -0800 Subject: [LA.pm] A/B Testing by Ben Tilly @ Santa Monica tonight! Message-ID: <349627440711080959q7483d3f8p57552f155b6cbb93@mail.gmail.com> This is a reminder for tonight's LA.pm meeting! What: Ben Tilly - How to do A/B Testing on Websites When: Tonight, Thursday the 8th of November, 2007 (from 7:00pm to 9:00pm) Where: Rent.com 2425 Olympic Blvd, Suite 400E, Santa Monica, CA For details, including directions and important parking instructions, please go to http://la.pm.org The LA.pm Team From Alyson.Taylor at Ticketmaster.com Thu Nov 8 16:57:39 2007 From: Alyson.Taylor at Ticketmaster.com (Alyson Taylor) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 16:57:39 -0800 Subject: [LA.pm] Perl Engineers wanted! Message-ID: Sr. Perl Engineer - Ticketmaster - West Hollywood, CA Role: Ticketmaster is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Online Transaction Applications Team. It's an exciting opportunity to help evolve our product with next-generation web technologies. The successful candidate will be working with other Developers, Systems Engineers, as well as Product Managers, Designers, and Quality Assurance professionals. 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Qualified applicants should send their resumes to JobsW at Ticketmaster.com. Ticketmaster is committed to creating a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only respond to those candidates that most closely match our requirements. Thank you for your interest in Ticketmaster, an operating business of IAC/ InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI). To learn more about other Ticketmaster opportunities visit: http://www.ticketmaster.com/careers/. Best regards, Alyson S. Taylor Technical Recruiter 310/360-2574 Ticketmaster 8800 W. Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069 Phone ~ 310/360-2574 Fax ~ 213/351-7052 alyson.taylor at ticketmaster.com http://www.ticketmaster.com IAC/Ticketmaster Jobs IAC Ranked #1 as Fortune's Most Admired Company in the Internet Services and Retailing Industry: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2007/snapshots/10591. html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/losangeles-pm/attachments/20071108/004811a3/attachment.html From btilly at gmail.com Fri Nov 9 00:19:34 2007 From: btilly at gmail.com (Ben Tilly) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 00:19:34 -0800 Subject: [LA.pm] URL for presentation Message-ID: For anyone who was at the talk who didn't write down the URL, the slides are at http://losangeles.pm.org/presentations/ab-testing/ along with sample programs. As I mentioned in the talk (and as documented in said programs), they are not in the final form that you want to use. Ben From jbrown at reachlocal.com Mon Nov 12 17:15:39 2007 From: jbrown at reachlocal.com (Jonathan Brown) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:15:39 -0800 Subject: [LA.pm] Software Engineer (Perl) Position at ReachLocal (Woodland Hills, CA) Message-ID: <002b01c82592$b412e810$f9100a0a@reachloc1d087f> Hello Perl Mongers, ReachLocal has an opening on our development team for a talented Perl Software Engineer. Please see the job description below or at http://www.reachlocal.com/register/careers.php?action=view_career&id=24. Thanks, Jonathan Brown Lead Software Engineer ReachLocal, Inc. ----------------------------- Job Title: Software Engineer Job Category: Technology Location: Woodland Hills, California Full/ Part Time: Full Time Requisition #: 00009 Website: http://www.reachlocal.com Reply To: devjobs at reachlocal.com ReachLocal, Inc. - is looking for a motivated Software Engineer to join its growing software development team. The ideal candidate must work well in teams and on individual basis. Your day to day activities will include- developing, maintaining, testing, supporting, and documenting our external partner integration software. You will be required to follow the direction of your Group Lead in development of new requirements, bug fixes, code refactoring and other maintenance. You will be required to work on integration projects that use various APIs and keep up with updates to the APIs. You will be required to develop backend functions and libraries that house certain business logic. Job Requirements Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience 3+ yrs Perl Development experience 3+ yrs writing SQL queries on MySQL database Experience integrating with 3rd party APIs (Web Service or other) Experience with Software Design Patterns, OOP Experience with Web-based software development (mod_perl or other) 2+ yrs experience with Unix-Based operating system Excellent communication, organizational, analytical and problem solving skills. Preferred Requirements Experience working with search engine marketing APIs such as the Google Adwords API or the Yahoo! API Experience with SOAP Web Services Familiarity with the search engine advertising industry Experience with PHP or other server-side scripting language Experience with HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS Other Requirements Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed, Enthusiasm for and discipline in building something from the ground up, comfortable with working in an unstructured, fast-paced, start-up environment **About the Company** ReachLocal, Inc. is a leading provider of local online marketing solutions for small-and medium- sized business. 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From pablo at paeli.com Tue Nov 27 11:24:46 2007 From: pablo at paeli.com (Pablo Velasquez) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:24:46 -0800 Subject: [LA.pm] 4 job postings Message-ID: <200711271124.46655.pablo@paeli.com> Hi, I'm posting this on behalf of the recruiter: OO Perl Developer/Perl QA Engineer Contract Location: anywhere in U.S. (100% telecommuting) Rate: $45-55/hr 1099 or Corp to Corp A new start up is looking for a candidate to perform 50% OO Perl Development and 50% Quality Assurance. The company is in the business of credit card transaction processing and is fully funded. 50% OO Perl Development The OO Perl developer will be responsible for the new development of a high volume credit card processing system from the ground up expected to handle 10K transactions/day within the first few months of production. The OO Perl is currently developed and deployed on Debian Linux with MySQL on the backend. 50% Quality Assurance The candidate will need to have interest in writing automated testing tools and scripts in Perl to test the above systems. The candidate will also be responsible for: Utilizing SQL to test MySQL Database Perform code reviews of other developers' OO Perl code Utilize Subversion for Source Control This position is almost 100% telecommuting as once every 3-4 months the company will pay all expenses for meetings in Las Vegas. REQUIREMENTS MUST have 2+ yrs of OO Perl development on Linux for high volume applications and/or systems MUST have experience creating testing tools and/or scripts in Perl MUST have experience utilizing SQL to perform data verification to MySQL Since this is a 100% telecommuting position, good over the phone communication skills Plus: Subversion Database skills (preferable MySQL) including the ability to design relational databases, interface SQL optimization of queries to MySQL or Oracle MySQL InnoDB mode OR MySQL (any mode) AND either Oracle, Postgres, or Informix Familiar with using ORM (Object Relational Mapping) Experience with Rose-DB-Object Any DBA skills is a plus but not necessary Please note this is not a position that utilizes standard testing software packages (i.e. Mercury, Segue, Rational, etc.) and those resumes can not be considered. Open Source Quality Assurance Lead and Engineers (PHP, Perl or C a must have) Location: ??????Sunnyvale or Glendale or Los Angeles, CA Salary:?????????Completely Open (Depends on experience) + bonus + options A very successful company is looking for a Lead QA and Sr QA Engineers. The QA Engineers will be responsible for designing and building a QA infrastructure from the ground up based on open source tools (PHP or Perl or C). The QA Engineers will be responsible for creating complex workflows, developing and creating Testing Tools from scratch using PHP, Perl and/or C, to perform functional black box testing. Please note this is not a position that utilizes standard testing software packages (i.e. Mercury, Segue, Rational, etc.) and those resumes can not be considered. The QA Engineers will be testing 25+ systems that monitor, analyze, manage, operate, install, build and report on several very large data center global operations and very high volume mission critical distributed applications. These systems will interface and gather large amounts of data in various formats (primarily traffic flow and performance), from 2+k servers/networking devices and several large mission critical distributed applications, cleanse, convert, verify, manipulate, cleanse data, load large volumes (100-200 million rows) of data into MySQL databases and export data in various formats to several different locations. These systems are primarily developed in OO PHP and OO Perl on Linux using a WebServices SOA with MySQL on the backend. Open source QA engineers will be responsible for interfacing with OO PHP/Perl developers and managers to analyze and report test results. The Q/A Engineer will be responsible for creating test plans and test cases, executing test scripts (manual and automated) and attending Application Design, Development and testing meetings. Candidate will be responsible for defining, creating, executing and documenting performance test plans. Candidate will also be responsible for analyzing and reporting testing results. Candidate will write and execute manual and automated functional and performance test scripts, using PHP or Perl, of proprietary applications, maintain automated and manual regression test scripts of both front and back-end functionality, utilize SQL to populate test data and confirm results, develop, maintain and execute stress/load scripts and scenarios, create test harnesses in PHP or Perl, bash and SQL, provide product support - verify, escalate, track and resolve user-reported issues and report, confirm and close defects. ? REQUIREMENTS: MUST HAVE experience creating functional black box testing tools in PHP or Perl or C MUST have experience creating, running and reporting tests in an open source environment BS and/or MS in CS or related field a plus Experience testing the following is a plus: High volume data processing systems Database structures (preferably MySQL or Postgres) ? Systems that interface with networking/load balancers/server/applications and pull traffic flow and performance data WebServices using SOAP and/or REST is a plus. Web 2.0 Please note this is not a position that utilizes standard testing software packages (i.e. Mercury, Segue, Rational, etc.) and those resumes can not be considered. With your resume submittal, please answer the following questions: Are you a U.S. citizen or green card or H1 Visa holder? If you are a Visa holder, can your Visa be permanently transferred? Do you prefer a permanent or contract position? What is your current base salary or contract rate (W-2 or 1099)? What salary range are you considering (please do not respond *negotiable* or similar). Why did you leave your last 3 employers? If you do not live in northern CA, are you able to relocate for a permanent position? Lead and Sr OO PHP/Perl/C Engineers Location: ??????Sunnyvale or Glendale or Los Angeles, CA Salary:?????????Completely Open (Depends on experience) + bonus + options A very successful company is looking for a solid OO PHP/Perl/C/C++ Engineer. The are both Lead and Sr positions available. This company is in the early stages of designing, building out, enhancing and testing 25+ systems that monitor, analyze, manage, operate, install, build and report on several very large data center global operations and very high volume mission critical distributed applications. These systems will interface and gather large amounts of data in various formats (primarily traffic flow and performance), from 2+k servers/networking devices and several large mission critical distributed applications, cleanse, convert, verify, manipulate, cleanse data, load large volumes (100-200 million rows) of data into MySQL databases and export data in various formats to several different locations. Furthermore, the company is building systems that handle change management, server and application installs, hardware/software/inventory change requests and portals. All of these 25+ systems are being built within a WebServices SOA using SOAP and REST. The Engineer will be responsible for the full SDLC of these systems including design of complex workflows, build out of processes, development and testing of systems. These systems are primarily built using OO PHP and OO Perl on Linux with MySQL on the backend. The company offers full benefits (PPO & HMO) including dental and vision, 401K, Stock Options and Purchase Plans, 2 weeks vacation, 8 paid sick days, Short and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, casual dress and flexible work hours that all start upon employment. Requirements: Candidate MUST be at the expert level with OO PHP or OO Perl. Company will accept expert C/C++ developers that have proven experience developing operations monitoring systems as described above. Experience developing system operations applications is a big plus. BS and/or MS in CS, Engineering, Math, Physics or equivalent Must have experience with operating systems (preferably Linux) Experience developing high volume data processing systems is a plus Should have experience with database theory and structures (preferably MySQL or Postgres) ? Ability to troubleshoot bottlenecks, tune and optimize MySQL databases is a big plus. Any networking experience is a plus. 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