If... You: Have more that 3 years of experience coding complex websites
You: Learned PHP for the long-haul, not because it was the easiest language to make some quick cash You: Aren't an expert in OOP, but you've used some of PHP5's OOP features and like them a lot You: Use one or two PHP frameworks that you have become proficient in, and you have at least tested Kohana out You: Think about your code like a chess game, anticipating how each line will effect other parts of your codebase; your foresight minimizes debugging time becuase you often avoid the bugs as you code You: Style your code consistently and add comments generously; you can anticipate a great one-liner causing confusion for a future developer and care enough to clarify your intent You: Passionately dislike working with other people's spaghetti code, but you love watching the script run 10x faster after you've cleaned up their mess You: Have managed large projects using SVN and always leave a comment when committing files You: Set up your local machine so that each of your projects runs on a different domain; the location of the windows hosts file is etched into your memory You: Can jump into Wordpress code and make it much better, despite the fact that you think it's messy You: Can debug complicated MySQL queries, know when indexes make sense (and in what order to create them), and use transactions frequently and intelligently You: Have tested random websites for SQL injection vulnerabilities because they looked so poorly developed that you figured they'd be unsecured You: Question the wisdom of the programmer that protected his website form with only Javascript validation You: Are comfortable playing around with linux commands, know how to use the console to export from SVN to a live installation, and have configured vhost containers while logged in via ssh You: Have learned the in's and out's of semantic CSS but you're not afraid to add an extra "hr" or "br" to make the layout work; you know tables are only for tabular data and you hate when they're used otherwise You: Know all the workarounds to make IE6 behave - styles, png display - but you still hate IE6 with a passion You: Have respect for JQuery and use it to enhance - not replace - user experience; your websites are fully functional with Javascript disabled You: Realize that a UI that makes sense to a programmer may be confusing to a non-techie You: Know how to use effectively search online for a solution to your coding problem We want to work with you... We are a web solutions firm with a wide range of clients. Our projects vary in size and complexity - from completely custom platforms to Wordpress customizations. We stand by our code and our clients love us for it. Currently, we have a need for 30 hours / week of freelance work; most of the code will be e-commerce related. Your role will be working with both front and back-end code. Compensation depends on your experience, your availability and where you will be working from. Remote is ok, but you must be able to work at least one day per week from our offices. If you are interested in this opportunity, please send a short email describing yourself with a few code samples attached. -- Beatrice Weiss bwe...@iviable.com (718) 838-9149 x 113 _______________________________________________ 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
