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Hi, I applied for your front-end developer position a while back. Unfortunately, I didn't make the cut at the time.

Noticed you now have a note saying: "Please do not apply if you are not based within the timezones of UTC-2 to UTC+4, as we will be unable to consider your application."

Given I wish to move to Europe/Malta, but not currently in those timezones, would you still (re)consider me as a candidate? I have a valid EU/EEA passport.


/* MaxMind does not currently sponsor employment visas. */ Does one need work authorization for US? Or being a Canadian resident is OK?


If you are a US citizen, hold a green card or if you are a Canadian resident and residing in Canada we would welcome your application. I hope this clears up any confusion.


Hi Thomas,

I am considering transitioning from my current position as a senior front-end dev to a different environment. Pretty comfortable and already working remote full-time in Canada, just looking for a change and maybe a bit better compensation.

Pretty sure I tick all your boxes in the requirements section and already experienced working remotely. Any chance you can disclose a salary range you are aiming at?


Hi there,

I'm happy to answer any questions you have, salary too, if you send me an email. Sadly I can't publicly disclose our salary range, so if you're willing to bear with me and jump through the emailing-hoop I'd appreciate it.

- Thomas


Do you have any evidence, or you're just speculating on your own experience? Most people would, of course, never admit they got hired based on luck instead of merit.


My point is clearly that neither I nor the person I responded to have presented hard evidence re. ability to get jobs versus merit.

However, I'm more inclined to believe the entailments of my own experience than the informal inferences of some stranger. I encourage everyone else to do the same.

I might argue that I even have "data" in the form of a reasonably large group of professional acquaintances. "Luck" is nothing but statistical noise, and a large number of people and a large number of job applications helps damp down the noise. There is a very obvious trend in the form of more meritorious people performing better when applying for jobs.


Tangentially, by dumb luck. Or they pretend to be C players and get paid as those.


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