(If anyone wants to get a sense for how hard it is to recruit talent in the San Fran area, take a look at this post.)

James Hong, the Founder of HOTorNOT.com is aggressively looking for a developer for his site. 

HOTorNOT is wildly popular and incredibly profitable.  You would think they have everything a developer is looking for - profits, an early entrance (employee #7), a popular name, and of course a cool work environment. 

Yet even James has some trouble finding talent. 

I post this because while I know thousands of companies are looking for talent (on Go BIG and elsewhere) it's hard for everyone, even guys like James who should have a line out the door for developers.

I'm hoping a few non-Valley types find this and show some interest.  Check out the profile of James' company ...

HOTorNOT.com is looking for employee #7 (San Francisco)

HOTorNOT.com is a small but extremely profitable company with big ideas and the resources to bring them to the world. The company has been operating profitably for 6 years already, and is now looking for top engineers to help us grow our web applications.

This is a unique opportunity to become an early employee at a startup that has already made a lot of progress (8 million+ user accounts, over 5 million dollars in annual revenue, currently only 6 full time employees). If you are interested in joining early at a startup with a strong track record and high probability of success, this is it!

We offer a fun and flexible environment, and you'll be encouraged to take initiative in developing new products and features. You'll become a part of our close-knit team, with plenty of opportunities to play a big role in determining where we go in the future.

Because we care a lot about keeping our team small and extremely effective, we are only seeking people who are the best of the best.

YOU ARE:

* A creative, intelligent, independent-minded hacker.
* Interested in consumer web and mobile applications
* A computer science or engineering graduate from a reputable school, OR you have plenty of experience.
* Fluent in, or at least familiar with, PHP/MySQL, and able to show us previous work.
* Comfortable doing everything (UI + application logic + database) yourself.
* Bonus points if you have experience with Javascript/AJAX technologies, Python, Perl, and/or Ruby on Rails. More bonus points if you have experience maintaining large Linux server farms.

Our office is currently located in the Jackson Square area of San Francisco (5 minute walk from Embarcadero BART). If you think you fit the bill, send your resume to hotornotjobs (as) gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you!