A large percentage of the jobs posted at least over the past 6 months or so, seem to be posted by recruiters with a supposed "full time" position such as the below. It amounts to, effectively, a resume- collecting scheme as you suggested, since the person below, who is "world class with PHP 5" and also an experienced unix admin and DBA, clearly does not exist.
-- Kristina > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > Yep. I agree. I'm beginning to think that this whole thread (nyphp- jobs) is > nothing more than a resume-collecting scheme. > > > > My misguided understanding was that there were actually end-clients looking > for work to be done - and done directly by individuals that have the skills > and availability to assist them in short-term projects. > > > > OK.. I left my salutation on this. let's see who disagrees or calls me. > > > > Vaughn G. Frost > Data/Information Architect > > +1 480 993 2230 (Home/Office) > > +1 480 226 2838 (Mobile) > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _____ > > From: RDP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:24 PM > To: Megan McNulty > Cc: jobs@lists.nyphp.org > Subject: Re: [nyphp-jobs] PHP Developer - NYC - Schematic > > > > Please!! > > > > What the hell is a "world-class" PHP Developer?? > > > > And why would you send this to us "mediocre" people? > > > > > > R. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Megan <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> McNulty > > To: jobs@lists.nyphp.org > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:41 PM > > Subject: [nyphp-jobs] PHP Developer - NYC - Schematic > > > > Schematic, one of the nation's leading interactive agencies, is seeking > world-class PHP Developers (all levels) to join our New York Open Source > Platforms Group. Schematic provides both design and technology solutions > for a variety of platforms including the PC, mobile and television. Our > mission is to create simple yet powerful solutions to our clients' business > challenges. Some of our clients include ABC, Fox, GE, MTV, Motorola, and > Microsoft. Read more about our company at www.schematic.com > <http://www.schematic.com> > > Ideal candidates will have a minimum of three years experience creating > large-scale web applications with PHP and MySQL or PostgreSQL. Experience > with PHP 5 and object-oriented PHP is required. You must be able to > architect complex applications, write well-structured classes, and have a > solid working knowledge of inheritance, interfaces and design patterns. > > You must also be comfortable working with Apache, the Unix command line, and > in team-based production scenarios, using CVS or subversion and bug > reporting tools such as Mantis. An excellent grasp of SQL is a must, and you > should have experience administering relational databases. Pluses include > development experience using other programming languages and experience with > data modeling, Oracle, PL/SQL, scalability techniques, UML, Unit Testing, > release management, e-commerce, XML, SOAP, and Flash. > > For consideration, please forward your resume to John Hanks, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > > > _____ > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
