Hi Raj, Thanks for reaching out, but unfortunately we are looking for someone local for this project. Nice looking site, though!
Jarin On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:54:00 AM UTC-8, Raj Sanghvi wrote: > > Hi Jarin, > > We have done lot of work in ROR and one of our recent platforms is > www.villageunity.com, let me know if the work is remote. > > Regards, > Raj > > On Monday, December 15, 2014 11:12:58 AM UTC-8, Jarin Udom wrote: >> >> Hi everyone! >> >> Some of you might know that I left the freelance game and I've been >> working for a small, private financial company (JMJ Financial) for the last >> year or so. It's been awesome. >> >> Anyway, we currently have an accounting system that's built in MS Access >> with a MySQL backend. We want to rebuild it as a web application. Why not >> just use Quickbooks or something, you ask? Well, this thing has a pretty >> darn complex data model/workflow. It needs to track loans, stock transfers, >> stock sales, commissions for the sales folks, and various tax and FINRA >> rules. It's more of a "track the assets as they get transformed between >> money and stocks and split into several buckets and then recombined into >> other buckets, but we need to know which buckets everything came from" >> system than a traditional accounting system. >> >> Part of the reason we need to rebuild this thing is the MS Access code >> has gotten out of hand, because the requirements have changed quite a bit >> since it was originally built. Don't worry, you're probably not going to >> have to even look at any of the VB.Net code unless you really want to. >> >> We've got the original developer on board with this rebuild, and she >> knows the way the accounting workflow works inside-and-out. Unfortunately, >> she's not super familiar with web frameworks yet, so we'd like to have >> someone more experienced come in to help build the thing while she gets up >> to speed. I'd be all about it, but I'm gonna be busy with another project >> during that timeframe. >> >> >> Here's what we're looking for: >> >> - Good at Rails. Like, you generally do things the Rails Way, but >> you're all like "decorators are way better than helpers, yo", and you >> have >> an opinion on factories vs. fixtures, and you've probably been burned by >> using models in your migrations at least once. Maybe you had a brief >> fling >> with Cells and Apotomo. We don't judge. >> - Someone who can come into the office for at least a good chunk of >> the week, so they can pair program and be able to consult face-to-face >> with >> the accounting department folks. >> - Strong test-writing skills, because this thing is dealing with >> money. >> - Gotta know how to use git. >> - No slouch at databases, because eventually there will be a painful >> and tedious data migration from the old database to the new one. >> - Familiar with some kind of server automation/deployment >> (Capistrano, Moonshine, Puppet, Chef, Docker, etc.) >> - Considers cache invalidation and naming things to be easy. [nice to >> have] >> >> >> What we've got to offer: >> >> - Good rates. We pay well and on time. >> - Challenging and interesting project. >> - Friendly, professional office environment. >> - Possible full-time employment later on (I think about half the >> people here started off as consultants, including me). >> >> Anyway, we've got about a month off for the holidays starting Thursday, >> so this project will kick off mid-January. I'll be in town for most of the >> break. If you're interested, hit me up and we can grab lunch or beers or >> something and chat about it. Please email me some examples of stuff you've >> done already if possible. >> >> >> Jarin Udom >> [email protected] >> > -- -- 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.
