Re: [nyphp-talk] Invitation and gift from Bhaskar (wdwt...@gmail.com)

2009-01-13 Thread Joey Derrico
If it makes you feel any better, I just got yelled at and told to use my cell phone because of the rollover minutes only carry for so many months we lose 700 minutes a month because I try not to use my cell phone Joey David Krings wrote: csnyder wrote: > Any site that asks users for their lo

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Michael B Allen
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Hans Zaunere wrote: > That said, times like this can produce rare opportunities. Actually when times are good people become complacent. It's when people are moping around with nothing to do that interesting things start to happen. This is particularly true in the

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Brian D.
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Ajai Khattri wrote: > If you're not in a well-funded startup and not fired yet then you should > be careful. Now is a good time to be in a full-time gig with an > established firm. I find that diversification is a good thing. If you're a consultant with a half-doz

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Hans Zaunere
> For what if anything it's worth, there is considerable > interest in the current round of PHP training that NYPHP is offering, > more than has been typical over the past couple of years. This suggests > (to me at least) that there is plenty of demand out there. Regardless of the NYPHP training,

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Justin Dearing
> > For what if anything it's worth, there is considerable interest in the >> current round of PHP training that NYPHP is offering, more than has been >> typical over the past couple of years. This suggests (to me at least) that >> there is plenty of demand out there. >> > > My friend teaches Micro

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Ajai Khattri
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Brian Dailey wrote: > Venture capital money is starting to tighten up (but not as much as I > thought it would), which more or less affects the PHP world since PHP > tends to see more use in startups. If you're not in a well-funded startup and not fired yet then you should

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Corey H Maass - gelform.com
Laid off. On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:42:26 -0500, "Brian Dailey" said: > > How has the economic apocalypse left the PHP world? > > So far I've heard some rumors of job layoffs, but most of them have been > relegated to the financial sector. Every freelancer/consultant I know of > that has been in

Re: [nyphp-talk] Invitation and gift from Bhaskar (wdwt...@gmail.com)

2009-01-13 Thread David Krings
csnyder wrote: > Any site that asks users for their login credentials at some other site should be shut down on principle. (I'm looking at you, Facebook. (O_o) ) What is Facebook? I guess it pays to be not hip at all costs. But I confess, I did break down a year ago and bought a cell phone, j

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Brian Dailey
oDesk is, as far as I know, more often used for one-off gigs that are typically filled by freelancers. More often than not, they're outsourced outside the United States. Small projects of that sort are going to gravitate towards PHP and away from the things normally used for larger projects (J

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Michael Southwell
Brian Dailey wrote: How has the economic apocalypse left the PHP world? So far I've heard some rumors of job layoffs, but most of them have been relegated to the financial sector. Every freelancer/consultant I know of that has been in business for more than a year is doing great, but recent

Re: [nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Jake McGraw
See: http://www.odesk.com/blog/2008/12/stay-employed-jobs-with-the-least-competition-and-greatest-opportunity/ and: http://www.odesk.com/blog/2008/12/stay-employed-web-developer-skills-in-most-demand-php-ajax-mysql/ Summary: LAMP still in high demand, maybe when all those finance majors decide

Re: [nyphp-talk] Invitation and gift from Bhaskar (wdwt...@gmail.com)

2009-01-13 Thread csnyder
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Greg Rundlett wrote: > > I know nothing about this particular service, or this individual, but what > I've noticed is that many new 'social' apps gratuitously send (SPAM) email > to your entire email address book, or networks from other sites WITHOUT > warning. > >

[nyphp-talk] State Of The PHP Economy 2009

2009-01-13 Thread Brian Dailey
How has the economic apocalypse left the PHP world? So far I've heard some rumors of job layoffs, but most of them have been relegated to the financial sector. Every freelancer/consultant I know of that has been in business for more than a year is doing great, but recent starters are having a

Re: [nyphp-talk] Invitation and gift from Bhaskar (wdwt...@gmail.com)

2009-01-13 Thread Greg Rundlett
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Hans Zaunere wrote: > While I'm sure the gift is fabulous, these types of posts are not > appropriate for this list. Please do not make a post like this again. > > --- > Hans Zaunere / Managing Member / New York PHP > www.nyphp.org / www.nyphp.com I kno

Re: [nyphp-talk] Invitation and gift from Bhaskar (wdwt...@gmail.com)

2009-01-13 Thread Jeff Siegel
Uh oh...I shouldn't have replied to his message. ;) Jeff - Original Message From: Hans Zaunere To: NYPHP Talk Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:24:19 PM Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] Invitation and gift from Bhaskar (wdwt...@gmail.com) While I'm sure the gift is fabulous, these types of

Re: [nyphp-talk] Invitation and gift from Bhaskar (wdwt...@gmail.com)

2009-01-13 Thread Hans Zaunere
While I'm sure the gift is fabulous, these types of posts are not appropriate for this list. Please do not make a post like this again. --- Hans Zaunere / Managing Member / New York PHP www.nyphp.org /  www.nyphp.com > -Original Message- > From: talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org [ma