I am the parent of twins. Their mother ate multitudes of peanut M&M's and similar items when pregnant. One twin has zero peanut allergies, the other one has deadly allergies and we are at the ER at least once a year from food contamination.
It's also possible for things which do have genetic components to _also_ have environmental triggers, so its not impossible that, for example, identical twins who happened to get different levels of exposure to peanuts in their first year of life based on random luck of which family member ate peanuts near them at which times, or something like that, could lead to different outcomes even if genetics were the reason that both twins were at risk of developing such an allergy.
- Not to get into a traffic pissing match, but Austin traffic is 5x as bad as the Denver traffic that I have experienced. Also the Denver area express buses (I don't live by a train) are pretty great.
- DIA: I normally get through in like 2 minutes, gotta precheck!
- One addition: Very little racial diversity
I agree on the food is mediocre and the time to leave to ski is freaking early!
1. Missing a big one that affects many people, 365 day a year ALLERGIES!
2. I would add politics. Yes, the city is "blue" but too much evil is produced from the capitol to ignore. Living in a state where almost every law produced goes against what you believe to be logical really wears you down.
3. Bad public transportation that will never get fixed. It is too late now for light rail or more than one train line, people keep voting against it.
Lol, I am from Chicago living next to Boulder now. Everyone on my street is from the midwest, the weather here in the winter and summer is 1000x better.
REMOTE (US) Full-Time - WellMatch (a Healthagen Business)
We are looking for 1 Senior QA and 2 less Senior QA. We are a full-time remote (no office exists) company with developers like myself that pair full-time w/ tmux/vim/skype. We use outside-in development to write the cukes and get down to business. Official job description below, but we are basically looking for some QA folks that can write some cukes with us! Shoot me an email if interested: tim@wellmatchhealth.com
Senior QA Engineer
WellMatch (a Healthagen Business)
Summary
Healthagen is focusing on fundamental change in healthcare and empowering people to live healthier lives. At WellMatch (a Healthagen business), we are developing new ways to solve for challenges in healthcare and deliver convenience to consumers.
Ready to take part in the Healthcare Revolution? Ready to take your existing engineering, QA, automated test skills, and software engineering methods to another level? Ready to tell your friends that you are far from bored and working with the latest/greatest responsive web, native, and cloud technologies and building apps that actually add value to people’s lives? You'll be deeply engaged in our product’s full agile lifecycle, driving test automation into existing as well as new feature development, ensuring quality across all code, and part of road-mapping future initiatives. We need a seasoned QA engineer that has “been there and done that” and wants to be our lead resource for driving QA across our entire agile lifecycle and product development.
Key Responsibilities
* Work directly with Product Teams and Product Development to ensure the delivery of
high quality experiences
* Decide on and educate team in use of appropriate automated testing frameworks
* Assist in development and implementation of QA standards and continual process
improvement activities
* Perform functional, compatibility, UI, and performance testing for Web, Mobile Web,
and smartphone applications to identify defects, and optimize customer experience
* Lead a team of QA Engineers and their deliverables
* Author and execute test plans
Personal Attributes
* Highly organized and detail oriented; knows how to prioritize and re-prioritize to keep
lifecycle moving
* Motivated to serving in leadership role within our technology team (both local and
nearshore)
* Self-starter who takes responsibility for all actionable items relevant to feature progress
Desired Skills
5+ years of Web/Mobile/Smartphone based software and application testing
* Expert level of experience in RoR and Javascript testing frameworks (RSpec,
Cucumber, Jasmine)
* Experience with agile methodologies and support of paired programming
* Experience in two or more testing tools (browserstack, Selenium, JMeter)
* Deep understanding of Web technologies (server and browser, IE/Firefox/Safari,
JavaScript and other scripting languages)
* Understanding of load testing methodologies
* Meticulous attention to detail (we're obsessed with our UI being just right)
* Attention to UI detail and experience analysis a must
* Strong communication and problem solving skills
Degree and Positions Held
* Minimum 5+ years experience in test automation and performance testing of
client-facing responsive web applications and smartphone apps.
Job Perks
* Competitive salary, benefits (health, dental, and life), a relaxed and creative working environment, new Macbook Pro, 27” Thunderbolt Monitor, growth opportunities, and the chance to work alongside award winning talent as well as from home for the right candidate. Remote opportunity for the right candidate.
