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Bank of America is looking for Ethereum developers (careers.bankofamerica.com)
53 points by nestlequ1k 3250 days ago
9 comments
j0e1 3250 days ago
I can't in any way see how this ad means they are looking for 'Ethereum developers' other than it being a desired skill. Please refrain from posting misleading titles to articles.
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Torai 3250 days ago
You have to understand that a lot of people is expecting to get rich with cryptos, so they need to create a lot of hype, even if that means fabricating false news from a job posting.
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russdpale 3250 days ago
I don't give a damn how much they would pay, no way I'm working for Bank of America. They can suck it.
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davidgerard 3250 days ago
> Ethereum - Frontier/Solidity and IBM Hyperledger/Fabric

translation: IBM talked them into a pilot program using Hyperledger Fabric, which IIRC uses the smart contracts functionality from Ethereum.

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Torai 3250 days ago
No, it's not. It's just a desired skill, not a required one.
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brawny 3250 days ago
I wonder if this coincided with them joining the Ethereum Alliance?
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davidgerard 3250 days ago
BofA's been messing around with talk of various blockchainy projects for a while now, though little visible result beyond overexcited articles in the Bitcoin blogs.
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MichaelBurge 3250 days ago
The COBOL that's been running their systems for the last 50 years doesn't even have blog articles.
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coldcode 3250 days ago
Lovely work on high tech new technology at an old fashioned Bank. Having worked at a financial institution with a bank, talk about generation gap...
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logfromblammo 3250 days ago
So... they want to figure out how to cheat at smart contracts like they do with paper ones?
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Clee681 3250 days ago
What's a midrange developer
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Sir_Cmpwn 3250 days ago
A senior dev who's getting ripped off.
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CompanionCuuube 3250 days ago
Someone who has more skills than a junior developer, but that you don't want to pay senior developer wages?
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osmode 3250 days ago
5 years of Ethereum development experience is longer than Ethereum has been around. These boilerplate Wanted ads won't attract developers with bleeding-edge skills.
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whatok 3250 days ago
The ad does not ask for 5 years of Ethereum development experience.
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benmowa 3250 days ago
I don't think they're requiring 3-5 of ETH experience per this job posting, but that's not to say the recruiter doesn't inadvertently filter it out.

i see

>Position Summary: Typically requires 3-5 years of applicable experience.

>Desired Skills: Ethereum - Frontier/Solidity and IBM Hyperledger/Fabric

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