Working at Growing Venture Solutions

Let's say that you live in or near Denver/New York and you have one or more of the following skills:

• You enjoy creating cross-browser, standards-compliant, bombproof CSS/XHTML
• You enjoy designing and testing user interface/interaction design/information architecture
• You are turned on by LAMP
• You put the Rich in Internet Applications

And, that you possess all of these values:

• The belief that we must be the change we hope to see in the world
• A love for learning, experimenting, and exploring
• A dedication to "the community" being both the local physical community and open source software communities

What It's Like Working with Growing Venture Solutions

GVS is a boutique that aims to incorporate many of the common Open Source community values into the way that we run our company. It is a mix between being a freelancer and being an employee. Here are some important characteristics of working for GVS - both positive and negative.

• Good pay
• Interesting jobs - tier 1 publishing companies, bleeding edge technology, social justice organizations
• Reimbursement for all travel (and the opportunity to travel)
• 20% of your time is for working on community projects or honing your skill set
• Trips to Drupalcon and Drupalcamps and Code Sprints (and other conferences if they're appropriate)
• Company outings once a quarter
• Conference attendance and lodging paid
• Really comfortable chairs and good coffee
• Work from your preferred location (office, home, coffee shop, mountain side)
• Our team decides on the projects we work on - which clients, which community projects, which side projects
• Yeah, "Our team" - company control is a meritocracy where everyone has a path towards equity ownership
• We are flexible. That means occasionally stopping work early if the snow conditions are really good and also occasionally taking calls and working outside of "normal" hours.
• Startups are always a bit riskier than a large company, and this startup requires active participation.
• We're small. You'll have to take on many roles and responsibilities. If you find yourself frequently thinking "that's not my job" this is the wrong company.