8 pointsby doener9 hours ago3 comments

develatio8 hours ago
I did an interview for a Senior Backend role with them. I’m very happy with how they managed the process. The interviews were technical, but in a practical way, not in the “let’s see if you can solve some leet code” way. Loved the guys I interviewed with. Loved the technical challenges they told me I’d be working on. I’m a little bit sad I wasn’t able to join them (despite them offering me the position) because they had a ridiculously restrictive contract (wasn’t allowed to have side projects, not even contribute to open source). I had to reject it :(
Not really sure why companies hurt themselves in this way.
4ndrewl8 hours ago
Tech angle: They have an API customers can use to monitor prices and usage https://developer.octopus.energy/
- diroussel7 hours ago
  So the story goes (I'm probably just regurgitating some marketing)...
  The founder has a software background, and built out a software service to track energy usage and deliver data-driven pricing plans. But when he tried to sell it to the energy companies, it didn't find much demand for the software. So they setup their own energy supplier to prove how good it was. They now sell their software in mulitple countries.
  As a customer, not only can I get an API key and retrive usage data. But I can also use an API to see what other pricing plans are available. And in the mobile app I get to the minute usage reporting.
8 hours ago
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