Sponsor: Hired

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Hired says the product is built on Rails since day one, runs a GitHub org with several open‑source projects, and positions itself as built for engineers by engineers. The company is in its third year sponsoring RailsConf, reports thousands of hires through the site, and recounts an early startup round that raised over $100,000 with friends and then failed to stick. Also mentions Rails 5 coming and a 10‑year personal journey with the community.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:20Welcome
3. 1:49Why we sponsor RailsConf
4. 2:15Open Source Projects
5. 2:49Dolores Park
6. 3:04Rails Community
7. 3:46CoffeeScript
8. 7:46Outro

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