From: "Joshua Rey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 10/2/01 4:06:35 PM
If you are, contact Joshua either by email or on 01223 476929. Dave... > WHO WE WANT > I'm looking for someone to share the load of developing a > big CGI for a www business that should have gone live > last month (August actually). The project is fairly well > scoped out - there's just a lot of it, too much for me to > do in the time available. So I'm looking for somebody to > add weight. There's a premium on speed and accuracy - > creativity is a bonus, but quick and neat are critical. > There's not very much rocket science in the application: > it's yer basic CGI.pm / MySQL / DBI / HTML::Template set > up. > > WHO WE ARE > This splendid person would be working for me and a mate > who together constitute TrainingBoard.co.uk. Andy, the > mate in question, also runs a small management > consultancy, so the physical work environment would be an > office of a half dozen or so affable if transient non-IT > people. The space (which we haven't moved into yet - it's > in the hands of lawyers, but by the time we hire we shd be > there) is in Pall Mall. I would be there two days a week > (the rest of the week I'm in Cambridgeshire, though seldom > more than a telephone call away), so the right person > would have to be able to self-motivate some of the time. > Although the outline of the project is fixed, my > management style is to see whether someone is capable of > doing something and then let him / her get on with it > (support when wanted as against constant supervision), > specifying results rather than methods. > > WHAT WE'D OFFER > As to pay, we are open to suggestions. This could be a > permanent (insofar as anything is permanent in this world) > position, particularly for someone with a bit of sysadmin > ability - we would like to pay less than £30k. Or we > would be open to a shorter-term contractual arrangement, > which might be a bit more lucrative. We'd be open to > giving shares when things get going a bit - at the moment > they'd be worthless anyway. > > WHAT WE'RE LIKE > Both I and Andy (the "mate" in question) are practising > Christians - not in a boring in-yer-face way, so this > shouldn't be a negative for anybody, but I mention it as > it might be an added attraction for some people > (evangelising devil-worshippers perhaps...). Our primary > connection is through international relief work (Somalia, > Afghanistan and other lovely places) - which I mention > in the hope it would make the right person think that he > or she would fit in. The social atmosphere would be > relaxed and open, and we are definitely interested in > results not face time. > > SUMMARY > This is a job for someone who can code quickly and > accurately and wd like to see a big project through to a > conclusion in a finite period of time (and then go on to > the next thing). It would probably suit a younger person > who has paid his / her dues and wants to do work with a > bit more responsibility and freedom. -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "Let me see you make decisions, without your television" - Depeche Mode (Stripped)
