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| SmileyGirl256 | Hello. Do you offer summer internships, for next summer maybe? |
| verisign2 | We are always offering internships depending upon the project. |
| verisign2 | SmileyGirl256: Where are you located? |
| verisign1 | smileygril1256: yes we do. We have many interns at Verisign currently and we are putting together a large program for next year |
| SmileyGirl256 | verisign2: i go to school in michigan, but live in florida. |
| SmileyGirl256 | verisign2: where are you guys located? |
| TAG | SmileyGirl256: http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/verisign-contact-information/index.html |
| verisign1 | smileygril1256: We have many locations. |
| verisign4 | SmileyGirl256: we have an office in Tampa |
| verisign1 | smileygril1256: the two largest office are in Mt. View CA and Dulles, VA |
| fastprogrammer | is some Verisign Development Center located in India |
| fastprogrammer | verisign1: is some Verisign Development Center located in India |
| ILoveYou | in germany ? |
| SmileyGirl256 | verisign4: tampa? that's right where I live |
| verisign1 | smileygril1256: yes we have an office in India and we are hiring currently |
| SmileyGirl256 | verisign4: are there many opportunities in tampa? |
| verisign4 | SmileyGirl256: let me do some checking |
| kclune | a better question might be where are you looking to hire people? |
| verisign2 | ILoveYou: We do have an office in Germany as well as many more in Europe. |
| verisign1 | smileygril1256: We have a small office in tampa I have not got there numbers for next year yet as far as interns and fresh grad hires |
| mike | what are the various divisions within VeriSign? |
| fastprogrammer | verisign1: Is Verisign hiring candidates from India to Development Centres in other countries |
| gt494 | If you are interested in being contacted by VeriSign for employment opportunities, opt-in on the website here: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco05&d3=verisign |
| verisign2 | Many offices are hiring. |
| verisign4 | SmileyGirl256: you can check our opening at http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/careers/jobs/index.html |
| TAG | gt494: What's a reason for SRM survey then ?? |
| gt494 | TAG: in case people miss that, or don't register for this match |
| verisign2 | We have divisions that run the root DNS servers for .com, .net etc., Voice over IP, payment services, pre and post paid wireless, RD ID and more |
| verisign2 | And we have offices around the world. |
| verisign2 | This link shows our office locations http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/verisign-contact-information/index.html |
| verisign2 | Near the bottom of that page. |
| verisign4 | mike: Naming and Directory Services, Communication Services and Security Services |
| kclune | Is travel required? |
| verisign2 | For most developer positions travel is usually not required. |
| FogleBird | What is the hiring process like at VeriSign? Are the interviews very technical? |
| verisign2 | Yes they typically are. |
| verisign2 | Usually the hiring manager will have several interviews via the phone and then meet the candidates. |
| verisign1 | FogleBird: The hiring process consist of intial phone screen by the hiring manager |
| mike | verisign4: are all divisions currently looking for developers? |
| gt494 | to the technical VeriSign reps, what do you look for in developers? |
| verisign1 | FogleBird: Then 1-2 round of in person interviews that give us a chance to get to know you and you to get to know us |
| yasha | Are you going to establish development center in Russia? |
| verisign4 | mike: that's my understandinging, verisign1 is our staffing manager |
| verisign2 | We look for matches in both the technical arena as well as personality matches as the teams are typically pretty tight as far as size goes. |
| verisign1 | mike: yes all divisions are hiring developers!!!! |
| verisign2 | Our retention ratio is very good as well. |
| kclune | what is the typical size of project teams? |
| verisign2 | It really depends upon the project and division.... |
| verisign2 | I've worked on one project that had about 40 people between dev, QA, project management and such for pre paid wireless billing |
| verisign2 | verisign4 can speak for Naming and Directory Services. |
| kclune | do people have the option to move around within VeriSign to work on different project, different skills, etc? |
| verisign2 | kclune: definitely - |
| verisign2 | We try to move people every several years. |
| verisign1 | kclune: yes we allow internal transfers and we have a lot of movement around the country |
| verisign2 | I think that it's good for the company and the individual. |
| FogleBird | How many people work at VeriSign? |
| Prium | where do you have development centers? |
| kclune | verisign2: I agree. |
| gt494 | So why work for VeriSign? What are the technical challenges? |
| verisign1 | kclune: WIth the number of aquistions we have, the opportunites increase everyday |
| verisign2 | verisign1 may have total numbers. |
| verisign2 | gt494: I would say that this company is involved with a lot of very exciting technology and.... |
| tehvlon2 | Hi versigin, what about working for verisign j2ee projects overseas from Estonia as a telecommute? |
| verisign1 | gt494: Verisign is the leader in its many spaces |
| verisign2 | has a good deal of flexibility with regard to some of the tools that are employed. |
| verisign4 | gt494: Building highly available, high transaction rate system based generally on linux technology |
| verisign2 | and still has a small company feel to it. |
| verisign2 | I've contracted for over 10 years and joined Verisign last year because I really like the company. |
| sdhamoth | Is there any verisign Development centre in India |
| verisign1 | gt494: Even though we have 3800 employees we have not lost that start-up feel |
| mike | verisign2: what sort of things give VeriSign the small company feel? |
| verisign2 | Yes we have a center in Bangalore |
| verisign2 | the Bangalore office has about 40 people growing to 200. |
| Prium | where else do you have development centers? |
| GoodBoyFrancis | hi, do you have any interest in employing filipino developers? by telecommute or by any other way ? thanks |
| verisign2 | mike: I would say the culture and the way people interact. You feel like you know everybody here. |
| gt494 | verisign2: what about the company made you switch? What is your background? |
| verisign2 | Of course I've worked for Bank America, Nike and Ameritech which had the complete opposite feel to them :) |
| verisign1 | Prium: we have development teams in Mt View, CA, Providence RI, Dulles VA, Tampa FL, Savanha GA..just to name a few |
| sdhamoth | verisign2: is there any openings in Bangalore at present |
| verisign2 | gf494: I was a J2EE architect/developer. |
| verisign2 | Background is development. |
| verisign2 | Yes the Bangalore office does have openings. |
| verisign1 | gt494: I want to go to a compmany where I could make a difference but I didn't have to worry about my next pay check. I had worked at large companies and start-ups and this was the prefect in between! |
| tehvlon2 | verisign, did you saw my question about possible telecommute? :) |
| verisign2 | Agreed! |
| verisign2 | verisign1 how can people contact you? |
| verisign4 | sdhamoth: Yes, quite a few |
| bebert | What would be a desirable skill for a coder to have to be able to get recruited by verisign? |
| verisign4 | sdhamoth: my understanding is that we are at about 40 headcount now but want to grow to 250 within a year's time |
| bebert | *a desirable skill, or desirable skills |
| Optimizer | how good will excellent C programming skills and 5+ yrs experience in IT suit ur requirements? (with no domain knowledge watsoever) |
| verisign2 | tehvlon2: Sorry could you repeat? |
| tehvlon2 | verisign2: no worries, verisign1 already answered. |
| verisign2 | Domain knowledge may or may not be an issue depending upon the project. |
| Optimizer | verisign1: how good will excellent C programming skills and 5+ yrs experience in IT suit ur requirements? (with no domain knowledge watsoever) |
| verisign5 | bebert: solid coding skills and also good architecutural experience, especially with OLTP apps |
| kclune | does the company provide technical training or at least tuition reimbursement? |
| sosiBularca | was this question asked before? Do you hire people from outside us? |
| verisign2 | Yes tuition reimbursement for classes that are applicable to the job |
| verisign2 | Masters in computer science for example |
| verisign4 | Optimizer: yes, we have C projects but most of our focus is JAVA |
| mike | an yone interested in working for VeriSign should click "Apply Now" here: |
| mike | http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco05&d3=verisign |
| verisign1 | kclune: we do provide both technical training and tuition reimbursement! |
| verisign2 | or an MBA for a business person/non developer |
| verisign5 | kclune: there is tuition reimbursement and the opportunity for some technical trainging. Some of us just came back from JavaOne |
| Optimizer | verisign1: do u sponsor H1 (iam from india) |
| verisign4 | Optimizer: the C projects that I'm familar with are in our Naming and Directory Services division |
| bebert | last question (from me) - what's the average salary someone can expect by working as dev. at verisign? |
| Optimizer | verisign4: ok |
| GoodBoyFrancis | I'd like to echo Optimizer's question. do you sponsor H1B visa? Im from the philippines |
| verisign2 | verisign1 can you answer bebert's question please? |
| verisign1 | bebert: that really depends on location and level of position |
| verisign2 | GoodBoyFrancis we do in some cases but I don't think it's the norm for us. |
| FogleBird | Most people know VeriSign simply by the certificate logos on various websites -- are there any exciting projects that you guys work on that we may not know about? |
| GoodBoyFrancis | its more of an exception then... to bad for us...hehe |
| jmpld40 | verisign4: why chose verisign to work for as opposed to other tehcnial companies? |
| verisign5 | bebert: I can't get too specific, but the total compensation is good compared to the rest of the industry |
| bebert | hmmm... well, let's say, a dev. working for verisign in india, working on average-level java projects - how much would he/she get? |
| bebert | ah well :) |
| verisign1 | bebert: We pay our top preformers very well. All employee are eligble for bonuses. |
| verisign2 | many - Voice over IP, wireless billing, wireless content, managed security, RF ID |
| verisign4 | jmpld40: well, in a word PROFITABILITY |
| FogleBird | What sort of things are you doing with RFID? |
| bebert | verisign1: nicely dodged ;) Hey, I'm out of here. Thanks a lot, and good luck in kicking thawte's ass ;) |
| verisign2 | Infrastructure for RFID transactions. |
| verisign4 | jmpld40: its a growing company with an exciting future |
| verisign2 | Not the manufacture there of. |
| verisign2 | bebert we bought thawte =) |
| verisign4 | jmpld40: we're building the electronic infrastructure for the future |
| verisign2 | They are in South Africa and using some cool stuff like Spring. |
| verisign2 | and Hibernate. |
| kclune | what are your growth projections as far as personell is concerned (how many people are you looking to add in the next year)? |
| sosiBularca | Dumitru: ce faci mah vrei sa te angajezi? |
| kclune | worldwide? |
| Optimizer | verisign1: where is ur center in india? is it R&D center ? |
| verisign2 | Optimizer: Bangalore India is where the IDC is. |
| sdhamoth | Is there any opportunity in Verisign Bangalore |
| verisign2 | Yes there is. |
| mike | how many locations does VeriSign have developers? |
| verisign2 | That office has about 45 with growth to 250. |
| verisign5 | kclune: estimating 500 |
| Optimizer | verisign2: whats the number in bangalore currently? |
| fastprogrammer | verisign1: At what levels in India is hiring going on |
| tehvlon2 | Has verisign considered Estonia as one of the outsource software development countries? Can it be expected to have you here?:) |
| Optimizer | verisign2: ok ok |
| verisign2 | mike http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/verisign-contact-information/index.html this link is where our offices are but not all offer development |
| Optimizer | verisign2: from topcoder wats the minimum rating u would consider for employment? |
| sdhamoth | Is there any forum/website through which I could apply for Verisign Bangalore |
| verisign2 | Optimizer: from a topcoder standpoint? |
| Optimizer | verisign2: .....and in what way topcoder members have advantage over the rest? |
| fastprogrammer | verisign1: If I have BE Computers degree and 2 years of industry experience in MNC in India and in Java, are there openings in India for the same |
| gt494 | sdhamoth: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco05&d3=verisign |
| Optimizer | verisign2: yes...topcoder algorithm rating....wats the least rating u would consider? |
| verisign2 | Optimizer: I think that topcoder offers a unique opportunity for developers to demonstrate their talent. |
| verisign2 | Optimizer: Over a normal interview process - Does that makes sense? |
| verisign1 | sdhamoth: All of our jobs are posted at this link:http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/careers/index.html |
| Optimizer | verisign2: it does :p |
| verisign2 | Optimizer: I think I would look for a pretty high rating but also how the developer went about solving the problem. |
| verisign2 | Optimizer: Have you competed in the bigger development challenges? |
| kclune | how quickly can one expect to move up through the ranks? |
| verisign2 | kclune: How do you mean? |
| Optimizer | verisign2: no. i compete just in algorithm challenges |
| fastprogrammer | verisign5: If I have BE Computers degree and 2 years of industry experience in MNC in India and in Java, are there openings in India for the same |
| fastprogrammer | verisign1: How do I apply for it?? |
| kclune | How often do you do performance reviews if at all, and for people performing well, can they move up into positions of greater responsibility fairly quickly? |
| Uranium-235 | Hello, sorry if this has already been asked, but are any current employees of verisign also topcoder memebers? |
| Optimizer | verisign2: may be i didnt get ur Q rite.?! do u mean challenges bigger than the ones at topcoder? |
| verisign5 | fastprogrammer: Not in India because we don't have an office there. But at our other offices sure. |
| gt494 | to the technical VeriSign reps, what are you working on now? |
| verisign2 | kclune: Performance reviews are yearly with help through out the year with regards to goals and such. |
| verisign4 | kclune: Perf reviews are done annually |
| verisign4 | kclune: opportunity to move up is there but based on individual performance as you might expect |
| verisign2 | Optimizer: Yes the development challenges that are applications vs algorithms |
| nishantkumar | Does Verisign use C++? :-) |
| Blitzkreig | do u guys hire freshers |
| verisign5 | gt494: j2ee based OLTP applications |
| verisign2 | Yes Java, C, C++ |
| verisign2 | Depending upon the project. |
| nishantkumar | And what qualities do u need in ur developers?? |
| gt494 | verisign5: for what purpose? |
| verisign2 | Blitzkreig: freshers in Topcoder or just out of school? |
| verisign2 | nishantkumar: both Technical skills and interpersonal. |
| verisign2 | nishantkumar: For developers I usually look for good overall OO knowledge for J2EE projects with good experience. |
| verisign1 | I have had a lot of questions about how to apply to verisign. |
| verisign1 | Please go to our website and check out what job opening are currently listed right now. THere are new jobs opening everyday. Additionally, pleas opt in to sending us your resume throught topcoder. |
| verisign1 | That way we can track better who you are and that will help us remeber all of you and your great questions!!! |
| verisign5 | gt494: provisioning domain names like .com/.net and related projects. Can't be too specific. |
| verisign2 | nishantkumar: And usually I will have other developers on the team participate in the interview as well. |
| nishantkumar | cool |
| gt494 | verisign4 would you like to discuss the common application framework you are working on |
| tehvlon2 | verisign, what about Sun Certified J2EE developers? How much better are their chances? |
| sun_agr | verisign*: can you elaborate on a few research oppurtunities in RFID doomain ? also, is verisign into collaborative effort with universities like IITs in India? |
| nishantkumar | Does Verisign have an office in Bangalore? |
| Blitzkreig | freshers in school |
| mike | what's everyone thinking? Is anyone unconvinced about working at VeriSign? If so - what are your questions / objections? |
| verisign2 | tehvlon2: That's interesting because so much has been discussed about the Certs on Blogs and such. I would say that it wouldn't hurt |
| verisign4 | gt494: Sure, we're undertaking a significant project to commonize certain aspects of development |
| relic | Is this chat only US citizens? |
| verisign2 | tehvlon2: But experience and how you solve challenges are of more importance I believe.... |
| verisign1 | nishantkumar: while interviewing we are also very interested in culture match. It important to us that new employees can teach us something new and we do the same! |
| verisign4 | gt494: it an initiative that crosses all business units of the company |
| jmpld40 | relic: no |
| verisign2 | sun_agr: I don't know that we have anybody from RFID here. |
| gt494 | verisign4: what hurdles are you facing ? |
| verisign1 | relic: no we have office all over the world! |
| verisign4 | gt494: the aim is to speed development of new initatives as well as improve the reliability, stability and scalability of existing systems |
| relic | verisign1: any office in India / Hyderabad |
| verisign2 | sun_agr: But I think that we are working on some of the specs with folks from IBM and offering a service based solution for RFID. |
| tehvlon2 | verisign2: true. but at least sun j2ee certification is pretty good test about solving bigger scale problems. I mean their point is not about testing your knowledge about different tx types but about design and proper architecture planning. |
| verisign4 | gt494: the biggest hurdle is adoption of the common framework |
| verisign2 | tehvlon2: Very true and that 's more true with the Programmer cert. |
| verisign4 | gt494: most business units focus on getting new features/functions into there systems |
| verisign2 | gt494: Hurdles I would say competition of course. |
| verisign4 | gt494: my challenge is to do it in a way that also yeilds the reliability, stability and scalability that we need |
| tehvlon2 | versigin2:Yeah. At one point I tought they are nuts with these close-to-hacker catch-questions in programmer test but later turned out that it really makes sense :) |
| verisign2 | gt494: We have some technical challenges in every division as well and we have to make sure that our offerings are highly available |
| kclune | do you focus on commercial and financial clients, or do you work with government agencies as well? |
| verisign2 | gt494: Where as Bank America can have their website down for an hour we can not have the root level dns servers down for a minute. |
| TAG | verisign2: How do you solve hardware faults problems ? |
| verisign2 | kclune: Both |
| verisign2 | kclune: Especially for our security offerings. |
| tehvlon2 | TAG, I think clustering is doing this?;) |
| verisign2 | TAG: Do you mean from a design architecture standpoint or run time? |
| verisign2 | TAG: Our operation staff uses a variety of mechanisms for monitoring |
| TAG | verisign2: How to make a no-single minute fault in case of hardware / network problems ? |
| verisign2 | TAG: We even watch specific transactions on the wire as well. |
| jmpld40 | verisign1: are there any special perks you offer your employees? |
| verisign1 | relic: great look forward to seeing your resume! |
| gt494 | verisign2: how do you do that? |
| kclune | what are your typical work week hours like, if you have any typical work weeks? |
| verisign2 | TAG: Ah high availability is solved from a hardware arch standpoint using load balancers and in some cases clustering in the app tier. |
| verisign2 | TAG: With highly available services on the DB and disk side. |
| verisign2 | TAG: Is that what you were asking? |
| TAG | verisign2: geo-clustering ? |
| verisign4 | TAG: yes, like mult data centers with sync replication |
| verisign4 | TAG: using EMC tech |
| verisign2 | Clustering in the app tier let's say using WLS or JBoss and some proprietary solutions as well. |
| verisign2 | geo-clustering? |
| verisign4 | kclune: it varies by project and phase of project |
| verisign2 | TAG: network faults have to be solved by having multiple locations. |
| verisign2 | TAG: and redundancy. |
| tehvlon2 | thank you all versigin people for answering questions. Im leaving now so have fun, bye! :) |
| verisign2 | cheers |
| verisign1 | I was just asked if there any special perks you offer your employees? |
| mike | how fast is VeriSign growing? |
| verisign2 | perks - There are yearly bonuses and the benefits are good as well - we also have a stock purchase plan. |
| verisign4 | mike: 1.2B rev last year to 1.4B this; 3,000 empl last - 4,000 this |
| verisign1 | We have great benifits.. our best is our ESPP program is very good. we actaully hold a subscription proce for two years. Not many companies offer that |
| verisign2 | mike: Verisign is growing very quickly right now. |
| verisign1 | we also have programs that allow our employees to buy ipod, laptops.. at very discounted rates. |
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| fastprogrammer | verisign1: I am working for MNC in India with yrs exp. in Java, J2EE and are there employment options open for me as I in the website the openings listed demands higher exp. levels |
| verisign2 | All of our jobs are posted at this link:http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/careers/index.html |
| TAG | Thanks for your answers ! |
| verisign2 | TAG: Thanks for joining us. |
| ruGlory | Hello. Are you mostly hiring for offshore positions? |
| nitinvashist | verisign2: do u have india center too ? |
| verisign2 | verisign4: Thx -is that Collin? |
| kclune | are you hiring full time people only, or are you willing to accept contractors? |
| verisign5 | verisign2: yup |
| ajaybhayani | whn will get the competion question |
| verisign2 | nitinvashist: Yes we do in Bangalore |
| verisign2 | nitinvashist: We currently have about 45 people and would like to grow to 250 within the year. |
| verisign5 | verisign2: actually i'm verisign5 |
| mike | are any other international locations growing fast as well? |
| verisign2 | Yes several of them are. |
| verisign2 | I believe our Geneva office is hiring now but I'm not sure about the rest of the worldwide locations other than India. |
| nitinvashist | verisign2:thanks |
| verisign1 | yes we are germany is the fastest grwooing outside of the US |
| verisign2 | The job posting link should indicate where the jobs are located. http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/careers/index.html |
| nitinvashist | verisign2: but ur website doesn't mention it |
| verisign2 | nitinvashist: welcome |
| ruGlory | So this competition is for India, isn't it? |
| verisign2 | Hmmm verisign1 can you help answer nitinvashist's question? |
| verisign1 | we are also hiring in Melbourne. |
| notpattison | I think cklune asked a very interesting question. Do you hire contractors? |
| verisign2 | Melbourne? I'm there :_ |
| mike | ruGlory: it is for anyone in the world |
| verisign2 | notpattison: Yes I started as a contractor |
| verisign2 | notpattison: And then joined the company. |
| gepa | verisign1: where are your offices in Germany? |
| ruGlory | I mean time choosen for this comp. |
| verisign1 | verisign2: yes as soon as I find it :) |
| verisign2 | gepa: In Berlin www.jamba.de |
| verisign2 | thx verisign1 |
| gepa | thx |
| notpattison | verisign2: what type of work does verisign contract? |
| nitinvashist | verisign2: do you have any research oriented project like developing mathematical models? |
| verisign2 | notpattison: By contract do you mean what types of positions do we hire contractors for? |
| verisign1 | gepa: our office is in Berlin. That brand is Jamba you might be fimilar with it |
| verisign2 | notpattison: I would say we could hire contractors for many types of positions including dev, qa, project management, etc. |
| ajaybhayani | whn does the competion start |
| ajaybhayani | aj |
| ajaybhayani | a |
| gepa | verisign1: yes... i have heard of jamba. do you know what positions are they currently looking for? |
| mike | ajaybhayani: in 5 mins |
| verisign2 | nitinvashist: Fortunately we do have interesting R&D work that relates directly to many of our projects. |
| verisign1 | notpattison: we do have some contractor on board. it really depends on the demand of the projects. We don't have certain areas where we allow/don't allow contractors |
| verisign2 | nitinvashist: Much of what we do has to scale and be highly available so there are people working on various R&D projects from time to time. |
| notpattison | verisign2: what about website development? |
| nitinvashist | verisign2: is it necessary to have phd for doing some cutting edge r&D at verisign |
| verisign2 | nitinvashist: website on the GUI side? We have hired contractors and you do not need a PHD for R&D work. |
| verisign1 | gepa: Programmers... I dont' have a list off the top of my head. but if you send your resume throught topcoder and write a note to me at the top with you handle i'll make sure it gets to the right people |
| verisign1 | gepa: tell me what you are interested in doing that will help a lot |
| mike | any other questions or comments before the match starts? |
| mkamboj | hi ! what are the primary Dev. languages that you guys prefer |
| notpattison | verisign2: thanks |
| mkamboj | Essentially id their some specific ones or it doesn't matter |
| verisign1 | Our time is almost up.. I just want to wish all of your good luck !!!! |
| verisign2 | dev languages are Java, C and C++ |
| nitinvashist | verisign2: which language is used mostly java or c++ |
| mkamboj | ok thx |
| verisign2 | C and C++ on Unix primarily |
| verisign2 | Java for OLTP applications C and C++ for some other apps |
| verisign1 | gepa: send it along! |
| verisign1 | gepa: good luck! |
| verisign2 | maybe that will change with 64 bit Java VMs!!!! |
| jmpld40 | good luck all |
| verisign2 | Yes good luck everybody |
| verisign4 | Thanks for your interest in VeriSign! |
