| Chat transcript from SRM 398 |
| Handle |
Comment |
| jmpld40 | Welcome to the Lilly Chat! |
| Lilly_Patrick | Hello all, welcome to the Lilly Chat |
| Lilly_Korkut | Hi All |
| CrazyScratcher | Hello |
| Lilly_Derrick | Hello everyone |
| Lilly_Benoit | Hi |
| hamedvalizadeh | Hi |
| chemikadze | Heeey |
| -AlexandeR- | Hello |
| szzeretlek | hello |
| CrazyScratcher | 1st question: Do you have openings in Singapore office? :) |
| Lilly_Patrick | yes we do |
| Lilly_Patrick | Software Engineers |
| Lilly_Patrick | OO analysis and design |
| Lilly_Patrick | C# .Net, Oracle |
| Lilly_Patrick | full System Development Life Cycle |
| szzeretlek | do you plan to have an office in Romania? |
| CrazyScratcher | What kind of software you are developing? |
| Lilly_Patrick | Integration of large data sets |
| Lilly_Patrick | gene expression, protein interaction, in vivo imaging |
| Lilly_Patrick | celular imaging |
| CrazyScratcher | What kind of skill sets you are looking for for the Software Engineers position? |
| Lilly_Patrick | bring together large data sets for scientist to do drug discovery |
| Lilly_Patrick | Full System Development Life Cycle |
| Lilly_Patrick | requirements gathering, analysis, design, construction, testing |
| Lilly_Patrick | OO development |
| Lilly_Patrick | C# can be learned |
| CrazyScratcher | So it's more on the OO/UML, instead of like Graphic/3D imaging, etc? |
| sohelH | are you focusing on any specific geographic region? |
| Lilly_Patrick | for development and design OO/UML |
| Lilly_Benoit | yes we are, hopfully populating our Singapore Office |
| Lilly_Patrick | lots of visualization |
| Lilly_Patrick | that is where the 3D would come in |
| CrazyScratcher | so is experience in 3D-imaging a required skill? |
| sohelH | are you hiring ppl only from singapore or from anywhere in the world? |
| Lilly_Patrick | Mostly USA and Singapore, but some in Europe |
| Lilly_Korkut | sohelH: anywhere |
| mr.john | how to apply? |
| sohelH | what is the interview process? How many steps are there? |
| mr.john | is there ny interview process? |
| Lilly_Derrick | yes there is an interview process |
| Lilly_Patrick | please work through katie Kittle |
| katie | mr.john: hello! please email me at kkittle@topcoder.com |
| Lilly_Korkut | CrazyScratcher: no, it may help though. usually linked to 3d you end up learning whole other stuff |
| katie | mr.john: i would be happy to get you into the process |
| mr.john | ok..thnx |
| katie | mr.john: my pleasure |
| sohelH | How highly do you rate topcoder colors? |
| mr.john | admins: katie |
| Lilly_Patrick | just a color to me, I don't pay that much attention to it |
| gabitzish1 | how old do I have to be to work at Lilly ? |
| mr.john | admins: i want to forward my resume? |
| CrazyScratcher | Lilly_Korkut: ah ok, thanks |
| Lilly_Benoit | gabitzish1: you need to be atleast 18 to get the visa |
| Lilly_Derrick | there is no specific age |
| katie | mr.john: i am an admin but working specifically with Eli Lilly. |
| Lilly_Derrick | but yeah u need to fit legal requirements |
| Lilly_Patrick | 18 + but we are normally after college graduates |
| gabitzish1 | thanks :) |
| mr.john | katie: ok |
| sohelH | are you looking for fresh graudates or experienced people or both? |
| lexgas | do you have internship offers for undergraduates ? |
| -AlexandeR- | Lilly_Patrick: I'm beginner in programming, explain me what '00' means? |
| szzeretlek | what is the starting salary for a fresh graduate? |
| Lilly_Derrick | OO stands for object oriented programming |
| Lilly_Korkut | -AlexandeR-: object oriented |
| Lilly_Patrick | Object Oriented Programming |
| Octavarium | Hi Lilly! I love you guys :) |
| Lilly_Derrick | Thank you! |
| Lilly_Derrick | =D |
| Lilly_Korkut | sohelH: both, as usual experience helps |
| Lilly_Derrick | we do not currently have any internships planned |
| sohelH | How big is the office in Singapore [in terms of number of employees] |
| Lilly_Patrick | 90 + and growing |
| sohelH | that's great |
| goldfinch | I live in Russia. Do I have a theoretical chances to join you in Singapore? |
| jbnpaul | The Singapore office is dedicated for Computer related work? |
| Lilly_Benoit | goldfinch: we have ppl from alover the world |
| Lilly_Korkut | goldfinch: depends on interviews :) |
| Lilly_Patrick | it is fairly easy to get a work visa in Singapore as long as you have a company sponsoring you |
| Lilly_Benoit | jbnpaul: we do both science and computing |
| Lilly_Patrick | so yes, based on your talent and experience |
| CrazyScratcher | How is the working environment there, like working hours? |
| Lilly_Patrick | flexable work hours, we are all at home for this chat |
| jbnpaul | So does Lilly sponser candidates from other contries? |
| Lilly_Korkut | CrazyScratcher: flexible pretty much. as long as you complete your tasks all is ok. |
| sohelH | have you recruited any member from topcoder yet? |
| CrazyScratcher | Does it involve travel a lot? Such as going to other HQs? |
| Lilly_Patrick | there is some travel |
| Lilly_Korkut | jbnpaul: yes, we sponsor for visa |
| Lilly_Patrick | not compulsitory but it helps |
| CrazyScratcher | What kind of education/training opportunities are available for employees? |
| Lilly_Patrick | most of our projects are global in nature |
| Lilly_Patrick | we have our own Lilly University and we sponsor several folks who are working on their PhD, etc |
| szzeretlek | im very disappointed lilly poeple , i've asked you 2 questions but none of them got answers :( |
| Lilly_Derrick | and the software we produce are used by Lilly scientists globally |
| sohelH | what type of attribute do you give most importance to, when looking at resumes? |
| Lilly_Patrick | but that is on a case by case basis, based on work performance etc |
| Lilly_Patrick | learning agility |
| jbnpaul | What are the technologies Lilly work on or currently recruit for? |
| Lilly_Derrick | we have a lot of work in c# |
| Lilly_Patrick | C# .Net, Oracle, UML |
| Lilly_Derrick | but we do have projects in c++ and perl as well |
| Lilly_Korkut | jbnpaul: .net, oracle. soa design |
| Lilly_Patrick | OO analysis and design |
| Lilly_Mark | We currently have development centers in Prague and Warsaw in Eastern europe. and also work with a company in Russia |
| jbnpaul | That is pretty good list to look for ... |
| katie | szzeretlek: hello. i work for TC but work with Eli Lilly. Salaries for freshers or professionals is not a set number |
| Lilly_Benoit | jbnpaul: it's a standard list for Uni grads |
| szzeretlek | katie:thx |
| Lilly_Mark | Anyone coming to Vegas.. later on this year ? |
| katie | szzeretlek: if you are intersted in applying for positiongs with Lilly, i would encourage you to email me at kkittle@topcoder.com |
| Lilly_Korkut | jbnpaul: you dont have to be an expert in all of them, currently it will involve a good working knowledge of .net technologies |
| szzeretlek | katie: ok |
| katie | szzeretlek: positions...sorry, typig is poor this early ;) |
| sohelH | katie: typig :) |
| katie | sohelH: :) i'm still asleep obviously! |
| jbnpaul | yes i understand. I am based at Bangalore India |
| jbnpaul | and work in c++ currently |
| Lilly_Patrick | katie: early for you ;) |
| katie | Lilly_Patrick: indeed :) |
| Lilly_Korkut | jbnpaul: transition is not that hard to .net as long as u're keen to learn |
| Lilly_Korkut | jbnpaul: there are development work done in c++ as well but relatively less |
| Lilly_Derrick | in terms of syntax, c# is not that big a difference from c++ |
| Sunny_05 | Lilly_Mark: wat does elilly actually do?? |
| Lilly_Derrick | the understanding of the .net framework plays a bigger part |
| szzeretlek | ca. |
| jbnpaul | yes in, programming it is not the syntax that is more important, but it is the design and logic skills |
| Sunny_05 | Lilly_Mark: why does eli lilly want programmers?? |
| Lilly_Benoit | Sunny_05: pharmaceutical company |
| rohitgupta14 | Lilly_Patrick: Which country do you usually prefer to recruit from for Singapore? Do you sponsor visas? |
| Lilly_Benoit | Sunny_05: Because we have software needs |
| Lilly_Mark | Sunny : Lilly Makes novel pharaceutical medicines |
| Lilly_Benoit | Sunny_05: that can only be solved by programming our own software |
| Lilly_Derrick | yes jbnpaul. Design is where oo analysis kicks in |
| Lilly_Korkut | rohitgupta14: yes |
| Lilly_Mark | we obviously generate a lot of scientific data... hence the need for programmers |
| Lilly_Patrick | Yes, we do sponsor visas |
| sohelH | what's the story behind the name Lilly? |
| sohelH | AFAIK, it's the name of a flower.. |
| Lilly_Benoit | sohelH: Name of a guy |
| Sunny_05 | Lilly_Benoit: does eli lilly give internship oppurtunity?? |
| sohelH | Mr. Lilly? |
| Lilly_Mark | http://www.lilly.co.uk/Nitro/newTemplates/general/Content_IT_LBCT.jsp?page=1198 |
| sohelH | when was this company established? |
| Lilly_Patrick | Lilly is greater than 130 years old |
| sohelH | wow.. |
| CrazyScratcher | important question: What kind of benefits you give to employee? :) |
| Lilly_Patrick | we have been in Singapore for Drug Discovery since 2002 |
| Sunny_05 | Lilly_Benoit: wat does ur company want from topcoder?? |
| Lilly_Derrick | CrazyScratcher: Do u like happy hours? =) |
| Lilly_Patrick | we have a full and comprehensive benefits package |
| Lilly_Patrick | different for each country based on law of the land etc |
| Lilly_Patrick | 40 K employees world wide |
| CrazyScratcher | Lilly_Derrick: haa, sounds interesting, maybe can elaborate more? ;) |
| CrazyScratcher | Lilly_Patrick: how about Singapore office? I'm based in Singapore |
| Lilly_Patrick | 20,000 USA and 20,000 over the rest of the world |
| HyoCheol | What kind of work will I do if I go to there? |
| Lilly_Korkut | Sunny_05: help us to fill few positions. |
| sohelH | Lilly_Korkut: have you recruited any from topcoder, yet? |
| Lilly_Korkut | HyoCheol: software engineering |
| Lilly_Derrick | CrazyScratcher: There are 90+ employees in Singapore right now and we are continuing to expand |
| Lilly_Korkut | sohelH: not in singapore yet, no |
| jbnpaul | Is singapore is the only location where you do software developement |
| sohelH | Are you guys software engineers working at Lilly or HR guys? |
| Lilly_Mark | No.. lol not HR, I run a team of developers |
| Lilly_Korkut | sohelH: i am a software engineer |
| Lilly_Derrick | jbnpaul: Nope. Its one of the locations where we do software dev |
| Lilly_Mark | working on prototypes... and new concepts |
| Lilly_Derrick | I am a software engineer =) |
| sohelH | have any of you participated in topcoder contests, yet? |
| HyoCheol | When this chat room closed? |
| sohelH | HyoCheol: before the srm starts. |
| Lilly_Benoit | sohelH: personally Not tOpcoder, but things like it. |
| Lilly_Derrick | sohelH: Unfortunately no... |
| HyoCheol | I'm visiting my friend who interested in sigapore work. |
| jbnpaul | Can you describe the type of work you do in a few words? |
| Lilly_Benoit | jbnpaul: Software development |
| Lilly_Derrick | software tools to aid drug discovery process |
| vjticoders | Lilly_Benoit: Hi, Can I get to know what kind of work Lilly is currently doing? |
| sohelH | of the 90+ people that are there, are most of the software engineers or does it constitute mostly of pharmacuticle guys. |
| jbnpaul | Can you be little more specific especially from technical perspective |
| jbnpaul | Coz drug discovery is unknown field for computer guys i hope ... |
| Lilly_Patrick | about half are in computational areas |
| Lilly_Patrick | some SEs and some Informaticians |
| Lilly_Korkut | jbnpaul: eg. i do component and plugin design in C# and Java, as well as architecting services around the datastores. |
| sohelH | the 5 of you here, do you all work in the singapore branch? |
| Lilly_Derrick | i do development and design in c# and c++ |
| Lilly_Benoit | jbnpaul: We all work hhere exp Mark |
| Lilly_Patrick | Software Engineers (SEs) and Informatics Scientist (PhD in Biology or Chemistry but know how to code) work together to develop tools for drug discovery |
| Lilly_Benoit | sohelH: oops that was for you. |
| vjticoders | Lilly_Benoit: So what kind of skills you are looking in a person if you want to hire?? |
| alabax | How wide do you use mathematical modelling and numerical methods? |
| Lilly_Patrick | Object Oriented (OO) Analysis and Design |
| Lilly_Patrick | a lot |
| Lilly_Patrick | mathematical modelling and numerical methods |
| Lilly_Patrick | big part of what we do |
| Lilly_Korkut | alabax: statistics comes in to the picture quiet often due to the large size of data sets as well. |
| jbnpaul | It sounds interesting ... |
| jbnpaul | how much is the size of the data analyzed in GBs TBs etc? |
| manaya | somewhat.. |
| alabax | Lilly_Korkut: I guess statistics is about microbiology, isn't it? |
| Lilly_Patrick | We have TBs of data |
| rohitgupta14 | Lilly_Patrick: You don't seem to have any technical job opening for fresh graduates, on your site |
| Lilly_Patrick | imaging, gene expresion, etc all take up a lot of space |
| Lilly_Patrick | We are looking for senior individuals but are filling in with fresh graduates as well |
| Lilly_Korkut | alabax: yes some part of it. some of the subset includes array analysis |
| Lilly_Patrick | just not advertised on the LSCDD site |
| cjm-neu | I'm a bachelor. Will your company employ bachelors? |
| Lilly_Patrick | yes we do |
| katie | hello anyone just joining! if you are interested in knowing more about Eli Lilly, please email me at kkittle@topcoder.com |
| Lilly_Patrick | I am a bachelor degree as well |
| Lilly_Mark | I have a BSC in Biochemisty (But now work in IT) |
| alabax | Do you guys know biology as well? |
| rohitgupta14 | Lilly_Patrick: ok.. what skills are you looking for in freshers? Especially I would like to know about the range of TC rating that you choose from |
| Lilly_Derrick | alabax: I do not have that much knowledge in biology when I joined |
| Lilly_Benoit | alabax: I do, but i studied it, the SE, learns them on the fly... |
| Lilly_Patrick | full system development life cycle |
| Lilly_Derrick | a lot of these knowledge are learnt on the job |
| cjm-neu | What qualifications will you require for a bachelor? |
| sohelH | rohitgupta14: they don't search for specific color/rating ranges.. but high rating obviously helps |
| Lilly_Patrick | requirements gathering, analysis, design, construction (coding), testing, implemetation |
| CodeHive | Lilly_Mark: Hi Mark, is it possible for Li |
| CodeHive | Lilly_Mark: lily to hire guys in China mailand to work in Singapore? |
| HyoCheol | How should I do contact your company after closing this room. |
| Lilly_Benoit | CodeHive: there are many Chineses mainlanders here |
| myjavas | Hi. |
| Lilly_Patrick | please work through katie Kittle at TC |
| HyoCheol | hi |
| katie | HyoCheol: hello, you can email me at kkittle@topcoder.com. i'd be happy to assit you |
| Lilly_Patrick | she can help set up futher discussions |
| s-n-e-e-r | where Lilly have its offices.. where do u guys work ? |
| alabax | In the continuation of Codehive's question does Lilly assist with relocation? |
| Lilly_Derrick | We all work in Singapore, except for Mark |
| Lilly_Mark | I work in the UK (40 miles out from London) |
| Lilly_Benoit | s-n-e-e-r: everywhere around the world. we are in Singapore |
| Lilly_Mark | Main headquarters is in Indiana USA |
| nehabhatt007 | hello, does Lilly deals only in biological and pharmacetical produtcs ? |
| rcm_b05 | lilly admins here? |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: enta dakhel |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: ?? |
| Lilly_Mark | We do animal... medicines as well |
| oa12gb | ahm.kam_92: la2 |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: :( leeh |
| s-n-e-e-r | how big (in terms of ppl) is L ? |
| Lilly_Mark | 40,000 people |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: mesh 3ayez akhosh lewa7dy |
| Lilly_Patrick | 40,000 workd wide |
| sohelH | s-n-e-e-r: and 90+ in singapore |
| oa12gb | ahm.kam_92: 5osh we warene nafsak |
| rcm_b05 | what positions are available? |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: la2a, ezzay ya3ni |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: manta lazem tekhosh |
| nehabhatt007 | do u take oonly experienced people ? |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: 3ashan netchallenge ba3d |
| nehabhatt007 | only* |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: meen yegeeb score a7san |
| sohelH | rcm_b05: software engineering |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: yalla ba2a, balash habal |
| suryamit88 | pinra |
| lexgas | \find astronomy |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: argook khosh |
| rcm_b05 | job criteria |
| jikiwiki | do I need 2400+ score to get a job? |
| ahm.kam_92 | oa12gb: maba7ebesh el srms elly mabeykhoshahash 7ad |
| jikiwiki | I'm just curious whenever rating matters :] |
| Lilly_Patrick | we really do not pay that much attention to your score |
| cjm-neu | English is not my mother tongue, so what English-level should I reach before working in Lily? |
| s-n-e-e-r | hom many out of this 40K ppl are software developers ? |
| Lilly_Patrick | 2000 |
| Lilly_Benoit | cjm-neu: English is the working language here, across Lilly |
| abhicool | Lilly_Patrick: hi, how are you? |
| jonatan-k | Hi, Lilly representatives! |
| nehabhatt007 | Lilly_Patrick: If score does not matter, whats the basic criteria to do recruitment ? |
| Lilly_Derrick | cjm-neu: your english seems alright based on your reply |
| thocev5 | katie: just curious, how many topcoders have been recruited so far by any company? |
| jonatan-k | I have a question about hiring in EU |
| s4sagar | abhicool: Hee hee :P |
| Lilly_Patrick | abhicool: good and you? |
| cjm-neu | Lilly_Derrick: Thank you |
| Lilly_Patrick | that is why we interview |
| jonatan-k | are positions in Warsaw are still open? |
| abhicool | Lilly_Patrick: me too good... by any chance you remember me ? :) |
| Lilly_Patrick | score is one small aspect |
| Lilly_Derrick | knowledge in oo analysis and software design would be important criteria |
| katie | thocev5: i don't have an exact number off hands but dozens and dozens overall |
| abhicool | s4sagar: hey whats up ? |
| Lilly_Patrick | yes I do |
| Lilly_Mark | Yes...there are a number of positions in Warsaw open. |
| -AlexandeR- | Good luck to all |
| jonatan-k | I had short mail exchange with Katie, I think, about work in Warsaw |
| Lilly_Korkut | good luck |
| ortschun | how can you test the oo criteria with this contest |
| nehabhatt007 | Lilly_Patrick: Thanks !! how many recruitments have been done through TC ? if i can ask ? :) |
| mr.john | Thnx to lilly community |
| jonatan-k | and now this subject is suspended, as I see |
| Lilly_Mark | Yes...go through Katie, she has all the details. |
| Lilly_Patrick | I have spoken with many |
| jmpld40 | yes, thanks Lilly folks! |
| katie | Good luck everyone and please email me at kkittle@topcoder.com if you are intersted in applying to Eli Lilly |
