Compare this to Batch. Batch uses Facebook exclusively and doesn't communicate that people are "following" you when they sign up (or to use Facebook terms, they don't indicate that people have become your friend either, they simply say they've joined Batch). They just assume that you have a relationship because you authenticate with a platform that already says you do. Very straight forward.
This is very similar to Oink's behavior, but far far less presumptuous in the way it communicates. Personally, I was thankful that Batch saved me the work of curating my network. But if you use Oink's language/behavior you have an app that says I followed someone when all I did was sign up? They almost immediately lose my trust. Not a good way to start the relationship with me.
Lots of us have gotten friends and friends of friends to swab and shouted from the rooftops to try and get people to contribute to the pool. Many are also creating drives for people to register. There isn't a lack of action - but there can always be more and we will continue to push.
Not sure how big, but I would actually say it hasn't been fast. Magento has been in existence in some form for almost 10 years, starting as a product they used with consulting clients. This has been a loooong road for the Varien team.
I think that was the point of the 'ZF' comment. Whatever varien had as an ecommerce package before their ZF uptake was likely different enough from what Magento was that it's not terribly accurate or useful to say "magento's been around for 10 years".
Magento in its current form has been around for ~4 years.
Wikipedia even indicates that Varien was using osCommerce before Magento was developed, so they likely didn't have a full commerce stack of their own for the last 10 years.
Having looked at their portfolio, I'd be interested in talking to their in in-house recruitment agency. Do you know how someone could go about contacting them?
This is a really good point. Also - as a startup, we typically got better candidates who came through our investors. Certain type of candidate was the one that knew where to look.
If you're in Los Angeles / SoCal - talk to Mark Suster at GRP Ventures. He's communicated that just about everyone in his portfolio is hiring.
Just make sure you've never left a job in under 10 years, even if you got an enormous raise or your boss was an ass or you got a much better situation out of it. In fact, you should be willing to tolerate a shit situation and lower pay for years just to prove your loyalty.
