Re: [PHP] Programming Jobs - what I look for.

2001-04-02 Thread Mukul Sabharwal
oops, a 404, well try http://www.devhome.net/resume.txt in txt and http://www.devhome.net/resume.doc in word! :) --- Mukul Sabharwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Michael Kimsal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To follow up just a bit more, here are skills I > > would require of someone >

Re: [PHP] Programming Jobs - what I look for.

2001-04-02 Thread Mukul Sabharwal
--- Michael Kimsal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To follow up just a bit more, here are skills I > would require of someone > before hiring them: > > * Practical SQL knowledge, with hands-on experience > of at least 6 months > (with projects/URLs to show for it) with either > MySQL, Postgres, MSS

Re: [PHP] Programming Jobs - what I look for.

2001-04-02 Thread Michael Kimsal
Completely agreed. We're quite casual about start/end times (not strict 9-5) and if you need to take a long lunch to hit the doctor's office or something, that's OK. But we do expect people to pitch in long hours when the deadlines are on - not often, but often enough that they matter. I've bee

Re: [PHP] Programming Jobs - what I look for.

2001-04-02 Thread Chris Adams
On 2 Apr 2001 06:49:02 -0700, Michael Kimsal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >* Willingness to work weekends/evenings, if need be, to meet deadlines. With the requirement that this should only be a temporary thing and rewarded appropriately (preferably with time off after the deadline). If it's become

Re: [PHP] Programming Jobs - what I look for.

2001-04-02 Thread Michael Kimsal
Not sure exactly what you mean. I'm a suit who *wants* to be a techie? I'm a techie who is also a suit, if truth be told. James Moore wrote: > > * Ability to talk me through at least 2 ways of solving a data > > manipulation > > problem, without code - whiteboard/paper/hand gestures and words

Re: [PHP] Programming Jobs - what I look for.

2001-04-02 Thread Pierre-Yves Lemaire
* Willingness to work weekends/evenings, if need be, to meet deadlines. And if you are still working weekends and evenings after 9 months on the job, quit immediately. Start your own company or go fishing :) py -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMA

RE: [PHP] Programming Jobs - what I look for.

2001-04-02 Thread James Moore
> * Ability to talk me through at least 2 ways of solving a data > manipulation > problem, without code - whiteboard/paper/hand gestures and words only. > You also need to be able to argue why one method is better over another. > You don't have to be right, but you have to be able to justify your