Blue Sky On Mars

Thoughts on Building Software Products

Month: February, 2011

More challenging puzzle for the devtools job

by Kevin Dangoor

Yesterday, I posted about the Developer Tools Engineer position we’re hiring for at Mozilla. The response to my little puzzle has been terrific, but “it’s too easy” was a common refrain. So, I decided to add two more little puzzles that follow the first. The puzzles are not intended to be time consuming, but they do use a couple of modern browser features.

Give it a whirl and say hi if you make it all the way through. One person completed it last night after I put it up but before I had a chance to write this blog post.

Update: it looks like this may only work in Firefox at the moment, and possibly only Firefox 4.

Work with me at Mozilla! Solve the puzzle

by Kevin Dangoor

My first two years at Mozilla have been great fun and an amazingly positive experience. This year promises to be even more fun, where I define fun as going after some ambitious goals. This year, we’re going to be building some very cool tools and setting the stage to push the boundaries of web developer tools even farther in 2012.

Now is your chance to get in on the ground floor of this work. Be a part of the open web and help us make better tools. It doesn’t matter where you’re located… if you’re an amazing web developer or have deep developer tools knowledge, I want to talk to you.

There are two ways to apply:

  1. Read the job posting and apply normally
  2. Solve the puzzle for extra credit

I hope to hear from you!