Hi, I know the modperl mailing list has been used from time to time for job offers or applications. I'd like to do the latter.
I am a freelance programmer living in Germany near Heidelberg. My native language is German. I also possess English and Russian. My knowledge of Apache, mod_perl and related matters is very strong. My first combination of Apache/modperl was set up in 1998. Ever since I have worked with both. Lately I have digged deeper into apache & modperl source code and uncovered and fixed a few bugs. Maybe some of you even know my name from the list. I like to work with Linux but other Unices are also welcome. Windows is not my world. I have strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and lately BerkeleyDB. I know how to deal with MySQL and have worked a bit with older Oracles (8.x, 9.x). Of the programming languages I know Perl and C very well, Javascript+CSS+HTML of course, a bit of Lisp (Emacs Lisp). I think that's enough to deal with almost all kind of problems. But I am always willing to learn more. I am able to understand existing code and to debug it. From a networking point of view I know how to program TCP/IP at a lower level (using UDP, multicast, socket options etc.) and at a higher level (e.g. IO::Socket). Being the man behind the technical architecture of one of the biggest German WEB sites (>20e6 visits/month, >250e6 page impressions/month) I know the problems to face on the Internet. So, what kind of job/project am I looking for? I'd like to get paid for further development of mod_perl. Especially I'd like to make it really usable with the worker-MPM and maybe with the event-MPM. I have already thrown a considerable amount of work into the topic in my spare time. That said, I don't really hope that anybody would pay just for that. I'd like to work with Perl and mod_perl for bigger Internet or Intranet sites where I can apply my knowledge best. Further, I'd like to learn something new. I am not necessarily seeking a project that is starting from scratch. I can as well review, extend or debug an existing code base. I want to work as a freelancer mostly from my home office. Of course there are meetings to attend and sometimes it is necessary to spend even a few weeks on-site. But mostly I want to work over the Internet. Under these conditions the project can be located nearly anywhere in the world. I have done this style of work for several years now and it works. Under otherwise equal conditions I'd prefer projects from south of Germany + Switzerland and maybe New Zealand. I am rather seeking a long term relationship with chunks of work time and again. Something like: "I know that guy. He can help with this. I'll ask him if he has time to do it now". A bit about myself. I am 41 years old, was born in East Germany, have studied computer science in Novosibirsk/Russia. I have been working as a freelance programmer for the last 10 years. For more about me see http://foertsch.name (in German). Torsten
