Hi, everyone -

I know it's somewhat frowned upon to do this, but the next Who's Hiring post isn't for two weeks. To save some time, I'm looking for a software engineering job in/around Denver because my current job situation is rapidly deteriorating and I don't really care to see the death spiral through. I'm a long-time HN contributor, but I can't use my real profile right now as I was hired through it.

Basically, I started a job as a software engineer as a very early stage employee with a startup in the Denver area in August. It was two guys, one of whom was handling the business side of things (and bankrolling it), and the other who was the CTO. I was highly impressed by the business guy, and while the CTO didn't have the same "wow" factor, he didn't say anything obviously stupid in the interview process and I saw no reason we wouldn't be able to work together.

At first, things were going pretty well. They were extremely flexible regarding things like sick days and working from home, and even said that they were both family men and understood that things happen and that there's no reason a software engineer can't work from home in that event. The pay was good for a startup, there were decent benefits, and I had a decent amount of flexibility with how I did my job.

Now, though, it's like night and day. Today, we were told that there is no such thing as sick time, effective immediately. If you're sick and didn't get advance approval, it's a vacation day. Their vacation policy went from "we can be flexible - let us know when you need time off and we'll work it out" to "you have two weeks a year and no more." I've gone from being a full-stack developer who prefers working on the server side to being told that I'm supposed to be an on-call web developer in case the business folks decide we need website changes. The CTO's attitude towards myself and the other software guys has changed from "I want smart people and want them do their thing" to "I want code monkeys who won't question my judgement." I could go on, but the point is that it feels like the company has a form of manic depression, and I don't have enough pull to fix the things that are broken.

Is there anyone out there looking for a software engineer? I've got 6 years experience with Java, 2 of which involved Groovy, and I'm currently experimenting with a graphics application in Clojure as well as a simple game I hope to release for Android at some point in the future. I don't mind doing front end work, and in fact gave a presentation to the engineering staff on AJAX earlier in my career that sparked a big initiative to revamp all our UI's from static JSP's to more dynamic content. I'm not much of a designer, per se, but if you tell me what an interface should look like I can make it happen. I have worked as a tech lead before this and have mentored junior developers and interns in previous jobs as well. I live in Denver, and can't relocate right now, but I've worked remotely in the past and am capable of doing so provided a healthy level of trust.

You can either get in touch with me by replying to this thread or by e-mail at denver8675309@gmail.com - I'll be monitoring both. I'll be happy to submit a resume, LinkedIn profile, etc. but for privacy reasons can't do so here. If you want to know who I really am, so you can read my previous comments and get some idea of whether I'm someone you could work with, I'll be happy to pass that along as well.

Thanks!