Want to Work for a Major League Team?
I’m sure there are more than a few FanGraphs readers qualified for this job:
Major League organization is looking for a motivated individual with significant (5+ years) experience in both web development and database application design/maintenance for a full-time position. Must have experience or working knowledge in all of the following areas: Linux (Ubuntu a plus), PHP, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS, Unix Shell Scripting, Python, Ruby, and XML data importing. Understanding baseball statistics and player evaluation methodologies is also required. Love of baseball will definitely help but is not strictly required.
Please send your resume and a brief explanation of your experience to mlbprogrammer@gmail.com.
David Appelman is the creator of FanGraphs.
It isn’t all that hard to get hired by a MLB team. My cousin briefly worked for the Mets in video. Apparently Rick Peterson is a bit of a jerk.
But I’ve also heard others have great experiences.
“Must have experience in… Linux (Ubuntu a plus), PHP, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS, Unix Shell Scripting, Python, Ruby, and XML”
“Love of baseball… not strictly required”
It’s enough to make even a robot wince.
Huh! Interesting- pretty much what I do, plus the obsession with baseball. Odd email address and lack of specificity, but what the hey. Thanks for the heads up.
Wells, you sound really lame to me
Yeah, I don’t think this qualifies as an Fangrpahs’ reader’s “dream job.”
But who knows. Work is work. And it would be pretty cool to say you work for an MLB team.
I just think its great that this sort of opening would even be mentioned here, despite the fact that I meet none of the requirements and have a job I already enjoy.
This job was made for me. I have 5 years of college experience….. does that count??? haha
So it’s a given this is for the Mets GM job, right?
“Love of baseball will definitely help but is not strictly required.”
Sweet. I’m all set.
-Adam Dunn
hmm.. I have none of those qualifications, and do love baseball. Let me get my resume ready….
Ubuntu! Python! Ruby! Awesome!
Why is this req sent anonymously with a gmail address? Why wouldn’t it be from a MLB team’s address or at least something @mlb.com? This seems kind of fishy.
Can’t wait to see if any math-related job is posted here.
Nerd overload.
Argh – knew I should’ve learned Ruby.