We are hiring

In case you haven’t already seen the post from my business partner Stephen I just wanted to let you know that some changes are afoot at RedMonk, to wit Donnie Berkholz is leaving the firm.

We are sad to see him go. He has made a material contribution to the firm’s success and helped build our community. So thank you Donnie.

However we’re still very confident about our trajectory. As Marc Andreesen says, Software is Eating the World. Every bite it takes RedMonk’s market opportunity grows. We’re brilliantly positioned. We were outliers when we launched the firm, because we said developers matter. But today market after market is getting the memo. 2014 was our best year ever.

So we’re hiring. If you’d like to help developers, by helping their patrons better serve them, this is a sweet gig. We’re steeped in open source and the open web. Our track record in making predictions is pretty incredible, mostly because we believe in the William Gibson dictum – the future’s already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed. And of course – the best way to predict the future is to (help) build it. This is an opportunity to join a firm that makes a meaningful impact on the tech industry.

Fair warning to all applicants: we will be very picky. You need to be able to communicate effectively, write well and be committed to rational discourse. You should have a reasonable online presence and a passion for developers and the tools they use. Other things we’ll look for include programming skills, economics and statistics training and experience with rich media. Previous experience as an analyst is a bonus, but absolutely not required. Interested? Send a CV and anything else you believe we should consider to hiring @ redmonk.com.

You will have big shoes to fill, whoever you are. The analysts that have come before you have done some incredible work, and we expect nothing less from you.

Why work here? The most obvious reason is that RedMonk remains, in my obviously biased opinion, an amazing place to work. There aren’t many too many jobs available that allow you to influence the strategic direction and decision making process of some of the biggest and most important technology companies in the world – as well as their disruptors, that give you a pulpit to produce public research for some of the best and brightest developers on the planet. Fewer jobs still let you work on things that are important, things that improve the day to day lives of developers, and by extension, the users they service. Tim O’Reilly says to “work on stuff that matters“; we think we do, almost every day. And as you might guess from conferences like the Monktoberfest, we try and have fun doing it.

Come and join us, and help us do even better in 2015.