Hey Jarin, Are you still looking for someone for this?
On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 4:31:11 PM UTC-8, Jarin Udom wrote: > > 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.
