Hi Chad, I think we've got someone. I'll reach out to ya if it falls through for whatever reason. Thanks!
Jarin On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 12:54:07 PM UTC-8, Chad N wrote: > > 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.
