Motorola To Hire 300 Android Developers 88
ruphus13 writes "Google's Android is starting to see more industry support. Motorola recently announced plans, despite hardships within the company, to hire 300 Android developers. Quoting: 'A quick search of Motorola's job openings suggests that, indeed, Android is set to become a permanent fixture at Motorola, which has long built Linux-based phones but hitherto used MontaVista's Mobilinux. The goal? Move from an internal development pool of 50 Android-savvy developers to 350. Motorola, recognizing that most developers won't have deep experience with Google Android, is looking for a somewhat general skillset ... Java and Google Android programming experience is listed as 'highly desirable,' but not required.'"
T-Mobile has already made plans to use Android as well. Xconomy has a related interview with a member of the MIT team that won a $275,000 prize in the Android Developer Challenge by creating an application to automatically modify a phone's settings depending on its location, which they say "wouldn't even be possible on an iPhone." We've previously discussed the Challenge itself and some of the other winning apps.
First it was outsourcing... (Score:5, Funny)
Damn! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:First it was outsourcing... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:First it was outsourcing... (Score:5, Funny)
Android developer QQA2504?
Yes master.
Compute the value of pi to the final digit.
Computing...coommmpppuuutttinnggggg...coooooommmmmmmmmmpp...
*POP*
(Feet up on desk). And thus once again job security is ensured.
Watch out... (Score:3, Funny)
Just watch - they'll want "5 yrs exp." on Android hacking, in the manner of HR ads everywhere, and get only the fakes and posers applying...
Re:First it was outsourcing... (Score:3, Funny)
Is this [blogger.com]your office? I think it's in your best interest to start taking some precautions against those pesky androids...
Re:Um, 'cause they're Google's platform (Score:3, Funny)
I think your story is about a red herring... /joke
Re:How will Google make money? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm "pretty sure" that "quotation marks" don't "work" the "way you think" they do.
Re:Thus begins the post-scarcity economy (Score:4, Funny)
> Unless the andriods form a union.
Androids don't unionize; they cluster into 'botnets.'
Every digit of pi... (Score:4, Funny)
Compute the value of pi to the final digit.
Easy, it's 10, base pi.