Archive for October, 2006

top resumé blunders

Posted by anand on October 14th, 2006

(cross-posted on my personal blog)
A lot has been written elsewhere on the net about resumé blunders. Candidates have been known to lie and fake up experience on their resumé. This post is not about those resumés. This post it about the goofy stuff that I’ve seen in the resumés that I received in the past […]

new version released today

Posted by deap on October 11th, 2006

Burrpers,
Check out the new version of burrp! that was released today at http://mumbai.burrp.com. Among some of the cool new features you’ll find are:

SMS/Send 2 Phone Feature - now you can SMS any business listing directly to any mobile or fixed wireless phone in India ABSOLUTELY FREE!. Just click on the Send 2 Phone Icon […]

burrp! is hiring!

Posted by deap on October 9th, 2006

People,
burrp! is currently on the lookout for two rock-star engineering candidates. Here is the skill-set desired

Good understanding of Object-oriented design
Solid knowledge of core Java API and various data structures
Exposure to AJAX libraries such as Prototype, Script.aculo.us, Dojo, etc
J2EE based application development
Knowledge of MVC, Design patterns and Struts framework
Experience with web based application development
Ability to write […]

back in mumbai!

Posted by deap on October 4th, 2006

Hey folks,
I was in California for two weeks - 50% business, 50% pleasure. I needed to visit my family once before it got way too crazy at burrp! - which it now has begun to. I was able to knock out a handful of fundraising type meetings with some Bay Area VCs, and without revealing […]