Hi Abe, I am a founder of an early stage startup in Carmel Valley, San Diego. I have an MVP now and in the midst of completing an initial user trial. Having received immense feedback I am working on the features to be included in the next iteration. The website is built with Ruby on Rails. I had outsourced the initial MVP and in the process of learning RoR myself. I am looking for someone in the area who would like to partner with me to work on the next iteration of this website. This will give you the opportunity to work on a real project with a true impact to the community. As a bootstrapped startup, I am cash strapped. So the compensation will be equity(dependent on involvement) and the opportunity to work on something meaningful.
If you are interested in exploring this opportunity, I would love to meet with you. Thanks Nimi On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 2:28:45 PM UTC-7, Abe Burnett wrote: > > Hi there, > > My name is Abe and I've moved to San Diego (from Montana) to change gears > and find work as a Ruby on Rails developer. My background is in economics, > statistics, and data analytics, and while I enjoy all those topics, I also > want to develop products. Why Rails? Because it's the framework that > impresses me the most. I like that it's opinionated and structured; I like > that it allows for quick minimum viable product creation; I like that while > it does a lot for you, it also exposes a lot of customization for tuning > and refinement. > > I don't yet have a ton of experience in Rails--just enough to know that I > really enjoy the framework and the Ruby language. I've nearly completed the > Hartl Rails Tutorial, and feel like that provides a fairly good overview of > Rails development. I.e., if you enjoy the Hartl Rails Tutorial then you're > likely to enjoy the world of Rails development. > > Beyond that experience with Rails, I have a lot of other related and > indirectly related programming experience. Academically, I have a lot of > experience with Java (three semesters), some with Python (one semester > including data structures and algorithms), some with R (the statistical > programming platform), and some with STATA. Professionally, I have robust > experience with SAS (Statistical Analysis Software), Excel, and > Access...including the use of VBA in both Excel and Access. I also have > extensive professional experience with SQL (and RDBMS's) having utilized it > in conjunction with an Enterprise Data Warehouse (running a commercial > version of PostgreSQL: Greenplum), Access databases, and local datasets. > I've also used SQL from Excel to pull data directly into Excel from a > database. > > In short, I recognize that I'm not the guy you hire because you need a > product built ASAP. I'm the guy you hire, cheaper, and invest in who soon > turns into a valuable player on your team. I learn quickly, and play well > with others. I enjoy learning, and learning on-the-job. I thoroughly > believe that the fastest way to learn anything is just to do it--and that > you learn much faster when you're working on real problems, on real code, > with other peers who can mentor and guide you. > > For $25/hr (or the equivalent salary), I'd like the opportunity to learn > Rails and become a meaningful part of your team. I'd prefer full-time > permanent, contract-to-hire, or apprenticeship type positions where I can > spend at least 40 hours a week really digging into Rails, learning, and > doing my darnedest to get up to speed and produce value for the team. > > If I've said anything which interests anyone on this list, please get in > touch. Also, though my Github profile is relatively new, please do check it > out along with my LinkedIn profile. I've provided them below. > > Thank you for reading. I look forward to hearing from you! > > Warm regards, > > Abe Burnett > (858) 480-1585 > > LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/abrahamburnett/ > > - Github: https://github.com/abeburnett > > > > > -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
