Opera Desktop Team

Reminder: Opera's desktop team is still hiring.. And we might want you!

By olli. Friday, 16. January 2009, 15:07:55

Hey Guys
In a time when many companies are cutting down on their hiring budget, we are still out there in the market looking for talented people to hire.

How do I write this without sounding like a lame commercial? Well D'oh..

Is your code cleaner than your flat? Do you ping websites if they don't respond in 10 seconds? Do you ever look at a movie trailer and think "I have that font". Watched all episodes of Star Trek 4 times? Refer to MythBusters to prove a point?

Do you do all of the above and still have time to fix bugs and implement exciting new features that are always copied by some other browser?

Then you are the kind of developer we are looking for!

Please head over here if interested and submit your application:
http://www.opera.com/company/jobs/opening/49/

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Tamil # 19. January 2009, 20:35

eestlane # 19. January 2009, 20:44

Oh, would love to work for Opera and even move to Sweden or Norway for that, but lack for skills and at the moment it's only first year of acquiring baccalaureate.

But good luck to anyone who has a chance to get it!

SouthernCross # 19. January 2009, 20:49

I a bit too young.

Hades32 # 19. January 2009, 21:24

Would be defenitely a dream job, but until you have an office in Germany you'll have to get along without me

Luchio # 19. January 2009, 21:34

$mycomment = Hades32.comment();
$mycomment ~= s/Germany/Canada/;

// that's my invented language mixing C++ and Perl. :-)

AndyleeSato # 19. January 2009, 21:41

I overfullfill the star trek part....I speak klingon fluently and also some phrases in vulcan and I am really good at c#, php, html, css and action script (typo3). Am I qualified enough?

piroxicam # 19. January 2009, 21:42

Best. Sentence. Ever.

"...implement exciting new features that are always copied by some other browser?"

Chas4 # 19. January 2009, 21:43

Refer to MythBusters to prove a point

may think about it after I am done with college...

MTKnight # 19. January 2009, 22:00

I would have thought the criteria would be far more than four times each epsisode. Except for The Alternative Factor: I wouldn't trust anyone who's watched that monster more than twice.

ADuda # 19. January 2009, 22:34

Best. Sentence. Ever.

"...implement exciting new features that are always copied by some other browser?"

I agree

kyleabaker # 19. January 2009, 22:50

Haha, nice Olli. Unfortunately I don't pass one of the requirements:

Originally posted by Olli:

Watched all episodes of Star Trek 4 times?

Haha, planning on applying in the future when I finish up with school.

Enhanced # 19. January 2009, 23:11

In my defence I always had a very messy apartment when I worked for Opera.

Duologic # 19. January 2009, 23:47

Sounds great, I saw Opera takes internship.
Do they also take internships from students studying in other countries?
Maybe some interest from Belgium ;-)
What period do they mean with summer internship, is that july/august?

Paul Skinner # 20. January 2009, 00:43

"Do you ping websites if they don't respond in 10 seconds? Do you ever look at a movie trailer and think "I have that font". Watched all episodes of Star Trek 4 times? Refer to MythBusters to prove a point?"

Oooo, 3 out of 4. Not bad.

GT500 # 20. January 2009, 06:32

I have, a couple of times, applied for jobs in the QA department. Been turned down every time.

thekryz # 20. January 2009, 07:13

Would love to... but as Hades32 already stated... Germany is the desired working place :> But as you'd already have two interested people from there you should think about opening facilities here

eini # 20. January 2009, 07:41

@thekryz
make it three

serious # 20. January 2009, 08:49

well, my request for summer internship is still open

zyph # 20. January 2009, 13:15

I'd be all over that Web Designer job, if only you'd move your headquarters building to the west coast of Norway

May I recommend Bergen or Stavanger?

virtuelvis # 20. January 2009, 14:53

zyph: http://www.opera.com/company/jobs/opening/198/ and http://www.opera.com/company/jobs/opening/167/

Yes, they are both in Oslo, but this is such a nice city.

karaj # 20. January 2009, 15:05

Huh, my dream job is open again ...

Muzzlehatch # 20. January 2009, 15:43

Anything is cleaner than my flat! Not sure if that counts for the quality of my code, though! ;-)

gautam_chandna # 20. January 2009, 17:16

@AndyleeSato: Check out this one http://www.opera.com/company/jobs/opening/167/ It might be applicable to you.

@Duologic: Summer internships are in the middle of the year, and the exact timing isn't as important as how good you are. Do apply, and I'm sure it wouldn't matter much if your definition of summer (july/aug) differs a bit from ours

vinczej # 20. January 2009, 20:48

In this financial crisis to think about hiring is any "self-murder" (or eruption...

)

danielcs # 20. January 2009, 21:05

Too bad I still have 2 years until I finish my Computer Science course, I'd love to work at Opera.

haavard # 20. January 2009, 21:37

Originally posted by vinczej:

In this financial crisis to think about hiring is any "self-murder" (or eruption... )

There is no financial crisis in Opera. Quite the opposite.

Filip007 # 20. January 2009, 21:49

This is for high brain people only...so much syntax have this C++ how do you know what line do what after a year...that's crazy man.

Northgrove # 20. January 2009, 23:03

I'll be damned.

I failed at the Star Trek bit. :-/

GT500 # 21. January 2009, 00:07

Originally posted by Filip007:

This is for high brain people only...so much syntax have this C++ how do you know what line do what after a year...that's crazy man.

Coding isn't that hard.

Rafał^ # 21. January 2009, 04:52

Even in Wrocław (Poland) work is available. But I don't have good skills in programming. I'm really simply programmer.

jreynav # 21. January 2009, 14:19

I'm, I'm

lsallen # 21. January 2009, 16:40

I am too old, too retired and my golf game needs attention first.

konic # 21. January 2009, 20:44

Hi, I've just noticed that 'BREW Mobile Developers' are needed too.
Does it mean that at last we'll see Opera on CDMA phones?
Of course, I can run it right now under the J2ME, but not under the BREW
on my Nokia 6265i (CDMA).
...
P.S. How come that no jobs for North America (USA, Canada) developers?
Are we that bad here?

haavard # 21. January 2009, 21:29

konic:

http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2007/12/06/
http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2007/10/24_2/
http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2007/05/22/

Just a few examples.

I don't know of we are planning developer teams in the US. Our other developer teams basically exist because there's a need for them there (or, as in the case of Poland, we got to pick nearly 30 highly qualified programmers for ourselves when another company shut down).

konic # 21. January 2009, 23:14

OK,
first about BREW.
Here:
http://www.opera.com/mini/download/all/nokia_6265/
is what I see:
Note to North-American users
...BREW-enabled phones, including Verizon, are currently not supported
But in Press Releases:
http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2007/12/06/
It is declared:
With Opera Mini, now available on BREW devices....
Any comments?
...
Now about "…need for them there".
I am so stupid, I just don't get it. Except, it could be cheaper to buy polish developers than Americans or Canadian ones (I am from Canada, just so you know).
Just business.

chaals # 22. January 2009, 03:49

@Konic, we don't currently have BREW versions downloadable for end-users. We have made versions for pre-install (which is easier - when users get their handset both manufacturers and operators have had the chance to add restrictions, which can make the install process difficult or impossible).

As Håvard said, part of the specific reason for building a developer team in Poland was that we got a great opportunity to kick-start a complete team, at the right time. There is also a logistical price issue - it is much easier for a developer to visit another office if they are all in Europe. In general starting a new office is very expensive

PS I believe and (*hope*) that we still hire people who don't watch Star Trek. Or will I find it harder and harder to talk to the Desktop team

- Chaals (the Star Trek unbeliever)

eji # 22. January 2009, 09:03

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EagleMKD # 22. January 2009, 13:05

Too young, though I'd love to work for Opera

Well.. for the time that is given to me I'd learn more prog. langs or something like that

MrBlueSky # 22. January 2009, 15:11

I can brew up, I make a lovely cup of tea or coffee. I can use a vacuum cleaner too. Just give me a shout if there's an opening for a general dogs body!

No... Seriously! Please give me a shout.

Ed.

lamarca # 22. January 2009, 19:32

sounds good to me.

AndyleeSato # 23. January 2009, 14:35

I need a BS or MS in computer science to work for opera?
Man, I am 19! I am just about to finish up with my school time,... and I am certainly not studying computer science! :-D

Hades32 # 23. January 2009, 20:49

Can I have a Weekly please?

cscat # 25. January 2009, 16:10

Don't forget Iran too. There are a lot of opera fans here.
Good Luck!

mpvdm # 31. January 2009, 18:33

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chaals # 1. February 2009, 19:33

@AndyleeSato, there are people who don't have degrees in Computer Science at Opera - I am one (I do have a degree in medieval history). It is just easier to explain why they should hire you if you have all the normal formal stuff...

But if you really think you are an ace developer and want to do the test against the best, you *can* apply for an Opera job without a degree.

Note that there are also other jobs going - perhaps you're an early-blooming financial controller, or a person we cannot beat as a Marketing Manager? But it is true that we don't hire a lot of people who are 19 (although that isn't unknown either).