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Posted April 26, 2011
UPDATE: A few of you made sad faces about the fact that GOG.com was looking only for Poland-based folks for our head of IT, because you thought you'd suit us right down to the ground even though you didn't live here. Your tears of sorrow have shown us the error of our ways. We're now opening up our application pool to anyone, so if your lifelong dream was to monkey with the servers at GOG.com, go ahead and send your C.V. and cover letter in!

[i]Note that anyone who gets hired for this position will still need to live in Warsaw for the actual work itself, so keep that in mind if you're chained to a post by your ankle and can't leave.

The constant growth of GOG.com's popularity, the bigger and bigger user base, and the need to keep our site and servers up and running at full speed requires our team to grow. We're all gamers here as you know and we're looking for people who share the same passion for good, old games, that's why we're posting this job offer here on GOG.com. If you have experience in managing information technology systems, live in Poland and you'd like to shape the glorious future of GOG.com and digital distribution, check out our job offer for Head of IT at GOG.com.
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Posted April 26, 2011
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cp96alumni: Hmm. I already do this, but I don't live in Poland. Sorry.
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BananaJane: Then move and you've got the job! :D
I find moving far away for work a strange concept.

If you have no choice, you have no choice (ex: to want to help build planes and live in a small village), but I'd consider it a last resort thing.

Then again, I do live in a sizable city. I might have a different mentality if I lived in a small town.

PS: Wonder what happened with their previous head of I.T. Hope it was amicable :P.
Posted April 26, 2011
Probably a case of - off with his/her head ;)
Posted April 26, 2011
Whoa, You need a socializing linux user? Best of luck, mates!:)
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Rondel: A płotów nie macie jakichś do pomalowania czy coś?
Oh, You're not stealing that one from me!:)
Posted April 26, 2011
Hello IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Are you sure it's plugged in?
Posted April 26, 2011
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rangun: Probably a case of - off with his/her head ;)
Its head, even. (It was the head of "it", wasn't it?)

So, yeah, I'd guess "it" has been decapitated.
Post edited April 26, 2011 by Miaghstir
Posted April 26, 2011
The fact that a requirement is to live in Poland kinda makes the amount of applicants limited on here. You might be better off advertising on a Polish site of some sort, or some job search website.
Posted April 26, 2011
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Arteveld: Whoa, You need a socializing linux user? Best of luck, mates!:)
I'd love to prove you wrong, but truth be told, I'm a bit distant and aloof by choice.
Posted April 27, 2011
TBH I'm amazed that the business the size of GOG uses MySQL as the DB engine.
Posted April 27, 2011
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bogdan_vre: TBH I'm amazed that the business the size of GOG uses MySQL as the DB engine.
Really?
So what would you say on facebook? - MySQL
Posted April 27, 2011
GOG needs an Internet Technician? Why, I know where all the best porn sites are! Hire me!
Posted April 27, 2011
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bogdan_vre: TBH I'm amazed that the business the size of GOG uses MySQL as the DB engine.
Why? They seem to be using free technologies and MySQL is one of the more popular free DBs out there.

Oracle is more powerful if you need the bang, but if you don't, why pay the insane licensing fees?
Posted April 27, 2011
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bogdan_vre: TBH I'm amazed that the business the size of GOG uses MySQL as the DB engine.
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Magnitus: Why? They seem to be using free technologies and MySQL is one of the more popular free DBs out there.

Oracle is more powerful if you need the bang, but if you don't, why pay the insane licensing fees?
PostgreSQL seems a popular alternative to MySQL for high-performance sites though.
Post edited April 27, 2011 by Miaghstir
Posted April 27, 2011
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Magnitus: Why? They seem to be using free technologies and MySQL is one of the more popular free DBs out there.

Oracle is more powerful if you need the bang, but if you don't, why pay the insane licensing fees?
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Miaghstir: PostgreSQL seems a popular alternative to MySQL for high-performance sites though.
It could be, but I have a feeling it won't make much of a difference, except for DBs gurus.

I picked PostgreSQL, because it's slightly better integrated with the other technologies I am using, but I would have been just as happy to use MySQL had the situation been reversed.

They both support the features I need from an SQL DB.

I think what will really matter for most is that both DBs have an history and proven track record with many sizable web sites.
Posted April 27, 2011
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Magnitus: Oracle is more powerful if you need the bang, but if you don't, why pay the insane licensing fees?
And you wouldn't be paying just the licensing fees, you'd also be paying for a very expensive administrator. Oracle guys don't come cheap.
Posted April 27, 2011
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Magnitus: It could be, but I have a feeling it won't make much of a difference, except for DBs gurus.

I picked PostgreSQL, because it's slightly better integrated with the other technologies I am using, but I would have been just as happy to use MySQL had the situation been reversed.

They both support the features I need from an SQL DB.

I think what will really matter for most is that both DBs have an history and proven track record with many sizable web sites.
I seem to remember Gaia Online choosing PostgreSQL because MySQL was too slow - although that site is quite a bit larger than GOG.

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