Yahoo Bangalore Layoffs – What We Can Do @Exceleron -@vasundhar Dear Yahoo Guys, I am very sorry to know about the decision Yahoo Made, I know its hard for you and yahoo. Not sure if I can help, but let me put my proposition here, I feel its only fair to explain what we are looking so that if any one of you want to ... can feel free to be part of. We are a Smart Utility Prepayment Solution (Water, Gas, Electricity) Our Stack is Perl (Catalyst, Moose,DBIx::Class ...) Database : PostgreSQL Our Solution Has to scale to Millions of People and Millions of writes coming from different Sources (Headends, User Updates, Utility Updates) We Impact Millions of lives, We are Green, Smart Solution bringing Consumption awareness and there by helping customers use their Water/Gas/Electricity Smartly and Conserve. Impact of Prepay Solution in Conservation amounts to 11%, In Conventional Payment where people get disconnected if they don't pay bulky bills. We on the other hand make the payments easy by making them small and incremental. you know everyday how much you used, how much balance remaining, how many days you can use with existing recharge. See it like a Prepaid Phone you are aware of, but service is not telephony, but your Water, Gas and Electricity etc., We are Hiring and anyone from Yahoo Willing to explore scalable systems and make a difference in Smart Utilities space . Do get in touch through Messages here. My Name is : Vasundhar , I take care of Bangalore operations for exceleron.com Thanks for your time. Vasundhar |