RE: Coldfusion MX6.1 Project at Sacramento, CA $7000/month
Actually, there is such a thing but I believe it's technically referred to as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise, just as there is a Minority-Owned Business Enterprise. Companies that want to claim the benefits of being a MBE/WBE need to meet some standard in order to be 'certified' as a MBE or WBE. What are the beneifts? Virtual guaranteed business from many gov't contracts where they must award x% of contract dollars each year to MBE/WBEs. So...back when I wored for a 'Big 6' consulting firm, we were always hunting for the best MBE/WBEs to subcontract with in order to improve our chances on certain state contracts. I worked on many a proposal in which we were frantically hunting down MBE/WBEs we thought were legit and that we could work with... > -Original Message- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:36 PM > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > Subject: Re: Coldfusion MX6.1 Project at Sacramento, CA $7000/month > > On Apr 7, 2005 8:17 AM, Rajesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WOW Corporation, LLC | > > A Certified Women Business Enterprise > > I didn't even know there was a Certification > > or an "Enterprise" version. > > I'll have to start asking prospective dates about their > certification staus. > > -Cameron > > -- > Cameron Childress > Sumo Consulting Inc > http://www.sumoc.com > --- > cell: 678.637.5072 > aim: cameroncf > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2389 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: 2006 Turn Around?
Very interesting points Jeff. Now I have no hard facts here...just anecdotal observations and theorizing But, I know what you're talking about when you say: > IT no longer seems to be a field where people are ecstatic about it... I think there are a couple things going on contributing to this. One is that there was a huge influx of human resources into web/application developing starting in 94/95 and going until 200/2001 (followed by a serious blood-letting, eh?). So a big chunk of web developers are probably getting older and a bit jaded with IT. At a certain point in life, many folks just get more interested in other things than their career/profession. Also, more and more, web development has moved off the bleeding edge into deeper into the corporate environment. There are simply more traditional IT people doing this work then there was 5 or 10 years ago. --Leon Chalnick -Original Message- From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:00 PM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Re: 2006 Turn Around? I've found that a lot of people get "deep" into one area of CF without getting a lot of "Breadth" of the language. I doubt think that is unique to CF, though. It doesn't surprise me that a developer doesn't know cfqueryparam. IT no longer seems to be a field where people are ecstatic about it and want to live and breath IT 24/7. Some people just want to do there job and go home. There are always exceptions, of course, but they seem to be exceptions rather than the norm. I bet the number of people using frameworks in CF is very low (compared to the number of CF Developers). The number of people using an OO framework like Model-Glue or Mach-II is even smaller. I would expect an intermediate programmer to understand basic OO concepts, even if they are not framework aware. You're more than welcome to say "but a developer should take it upon himself to go out and learn". I agree (probably most people will) but not everyone does it. At 08:11 PM 1/11/2006, you wrote: >CF jobs have increased in Ohio. I think if I would have held out at my old >position for another year I could have had my choice of about 4 different >companies. That being said I am pretty happy with my choice to go where I >am. However we too need a developer and can't find crap. THe most >experienced person we had apply didn't even know what cfqueryparam did. A cf >developer that knows OOP yeah right. Model-Glue, Mach-II? Those are simply a >products we sell. > >Adam > >On 1/5/06, Robert Reno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It seems like I have been getting double the usual calls for CF openings > > in Florida. Has anyone else noticed more calls where you are? I even had > > two direct calls from companies hiring in addition to the recruiters > > calling. > > > > Rob in Tampa > > > > > ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2822 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Where are the Los Angeles Developers?
I ran the So Cal CF User Group until it disbanded in the summer of '05. My impression was that many CF developers in the LA area moved into other technologies - .NET, Java, php, etc. CF jobs were relatively scarce and still are. Just MHO... -- Leon Chalnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 4105 www.AdvantaSolutions.com Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274 310-377-0300 -Original Message- From: Alex Puritche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:23 AM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Re: Where are the Los Angeles Developers? Hello Ben, Not sure if my boss subscribed to this list or not, hope he isn't, but, personally, I will work for my current company as long as I'm paid. It was quite difficult to find a CF job a few years ago, so (as I think) a lot of people value the fact that they are employed. Wednesday, December 20, 2006, 12:51:02 AM, you wrote: > Hey Everyone > This is not a job posting- just a frustrated question. > A year ago my company could post a CF job ad and get tens of > responses. Now we post one and get 2 or 3 bad resumes. > Now I realize that myspace has snatched up a lot of the CF'ers in > Los Angeles, but could they really have gotten them all? We have > tried this board, Craigslist, monster, dice - you name it - its just slim pickins. > We pay competitively and have a growing company and compelling product. > Any tips? > Help appreciated! > Ben Shichman > ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3204 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
RE: Where are the Los Angeles Developers?
If you were considering spending a quarter of a million dollars to have some contractors build you a house that you planned to live in for 10 years, would you prefer someone who was local or someone from out of state? Okay, it's not a perfect analogy, but there's some truth in it. Moreover, it as absolutely NOT THE SAME thing to have a team of developers working together under one roof where they can easily and instantly get together, ask quick questions, pow-wow over a drawing on board, develop commraderie and so on when you compare it to trying to do the same thing with a team that's geographically dispersed and across multiple time zones. Sorry, but it is NOT the same. That isn't to say that you can't get the job with remote staff. But IMHO, you can't get the same kind of relationship and timely communication that is often key to getting something done and time and within budget. One last point. Trust is not something that I'm accustomed to just dishing out an endless supply of to whomever asks for it. Not when it comes to me putting my company, dollars and *my* reputation on the line. It's something that someone must earn. In *some* cases, that require me getting to know them and see how they work before they get my trust. I'm not speaking out from a theoretical standpoint, I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who has had a very negative experience trusting a remote developer based on his rep. All it took was one. I don't believe that all projects require local developers...but some do. --Leon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:41 AM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Where are the Los Angeles Developers? I'll echo many of the other responses...why is being local important? - Daily face to face interaction with clients in an agile development environment. No one can argue that away and everyone of my clients pays for that premium. I found that more projects in the million $ plus arena require in-person developers than don't. Also I used to work with secure government systems that may not be accessed in remote facilities that aren't secured by US law. And by secured, I mean armed guards 24/7. In Washington, DC it's getting harder to find office buildings without an armed guards and often metal detectors. Telecommuter's stolen laptop with thousands of SSNs recovered: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062900 352.html Los Angeles never developed a programming industry like DC, SF, etc. But to say that it's a matter of housing economics is silly given that DC and San Francisco are close to or surpass LA in terms of housing costs and have the largest programming communities and groups of IT contracts in the country. When houses in my childhood neighborhood topped the $2 million mark I was surprised, but it's supply and demand, some neighborhoods are in-demand and people will pay a premium to live there. Don ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3216 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
