Back in February, I received this email from a Netflix email address:
“Hi Anthony,
We have heard about you and the projects that you are working on :-)
We would love to chat with you!
Call me when you get a free moment.”
The first thing I did was look this person up and make sure they weren’t from the Netflix legal department. After receiving independent confirmation that this person worked for the technical recruiting department, I called the number provided. Heck, I probably would have been happy to talk to the legal department anyways.
So, I had a couple of phone interviews, and then they flew me out to their Los Gatos office for an in-person interview. That went pretty well, and pretty soon they made me an amazing offer. So, my family and I packed everything up and moved out to San Jose, CA. I’m REALLY excited about the kinds of things I’ll be working on, and about working for one of my favorite companies.
So, what will I be working on?
The position I accepted is a research opportunity on a small team trying to build the next generation of the Netflix user experience. I’ll be working directly for Bill Scott, Director of UI Engineering. I’ll be working quickly to prototype and research user interaction models for new platforms for the Netflix service. Netflix intends to get their electronic movie delivery service to every screen hooked up to the internet. Many of those screens will require a very different site experience, and I’ll be part of this small team crafting that experience at Netflix.
Wait, what about MyNetflix?
I’ll continue to work on MyNetflix. I received permission to continue the maintenance and further development of MyNetflix on my own time.
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tags: Netflix, MyNetflix
