---
title: Robotic Dinosaur Museum Cave →
teaser:
tags: news,web,design
author: Chad Pytel
published_on: 2009-08-21
---

Back in June, I
[mentioned](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/post/159805460/weve-got-several-positions-open-developers)
that we were looking to hire both designers and developers. Hiring is tough, but
we take our time, and don't compromise to find the right people. And it pays
off.

I'll be speaking in detail about hiring Rails developers in my talk Succeeding
at Rails at [_Lone Star Ruby Conference_](http://lonestarrubyconf.com) next week
in Austin, TX.

I'm pleased to introduce you to the new members of thoughtbot:

### Fred Yates

Fred joins Kevin as our second Graphical Designer. He got right to work on some
client work and has been rocking it like nobody's business. You may have noticed
his first post here about the [twitter
redesign](https://thoughtbot.com/blog/post/159805314/the-new-failwhale-twitter-homepage).

### Tristan Dunn

Tristan is a well-rounded Rails developer who moved from Louisiana to Boston to
join the team. He's hit the ground running on several projects, and making a
great impact already. He is slowly adjusting to Boston and has excellent
[support from
Jared](http://tinyrobots.thoughtbot.com/post/165891421/jared-celebrates-tristans-cajun-foods).

### Josh Clayton

Josh is currently in the process of relocating from Michigan to Boston to join
the team, and we're happy to have him. Josh is one of the current maintainers of
the [Blueprint CSS](http://www.blueprintcss.org/) framework, as well as a
contributor to several other open source projects.

**Welcome to the team, guys.**

We've slowed down hiring somewhat now, as it takes a lot of attention to do well
and with these people coming on board we're doing all right. However, we're
always interested in talking to qualified people, so check out our [jobs
page](http://www.thoughtbot.com/jobs) for more information on how to apply if
you're interested.