Jason,
Hi! Sorry I haven't replied much earlier. Could you please reply with
your rates and availability? It's very possible we could give you a
contracting gig in the near future. Also, would you be available to
meet at Old Town Pizza tomorrow, say around 6:30ish?
Thanks!
On Nov 15, 2005, at 11:03 AM, Jason Watkins wrote:
Hi Jeremy,
I believe we shook hands last week, but didn't get a chance to talk.
I'd be interested in talking about contract work in the future. I'm
finishing up my first paying rails project, and so will have a
showpiece and a client I believe would be willing to speak as a
reference.
At the moment this is just moonlighting for me, but I am hoping and
planning to develop it into my livelihood.
I'm very eager to see what you and Robby have cooking with the
Refactoring project. I've learned so much on this project and I'm
certain that I'm only seeing the tip of the iceberg for how things can
be done better. I've also recently become convinced by TDD. I'd tried
it before, but it never stuck. This time it has. I'm surprised at how
complete the transition has been: now it feels like writing code
without tests against it is like trying to paint with a blindfold
on... it may feel like you got it right, but how do you *know* you
actually made what you intended?
In any case, I won't be available until December, and depending on how
this client's business is received by the market, I may have to give
them priority in the following months. But I'd be very interested in
keeping a line open.
Hope you're settling into Portland well. I'm a refugee from the
Midwest as well actually (Kansas). I moved here 7 years ago now, and
have a hard time imagining living anywhere else.
Jason
On 11/14/05, Jeremy Voorhis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey all,
We're not hiring anybody new at the moment… but we are getting
pretty busy
and have a few Rails developers that we work with on projects who
are not
part of our core team.
Robby and I are hoping to be able to find a few select individuals
that we
can call to assist us with some of our larger client projects. As
things
continue to grow, this could lead to more contract work in the
future and…
well, we'll see what happens in a few months. :)
We know you know Ruby, but ideal candidates should also honor best
practices
such as refactoring, TDD and version control. The typical
environment for a
PA project consists of
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
Linux or other Unices
Lighttpd + FastCGI
Subversion
Although we have worked with developers from diverse backgrounds
(I began
work with PA while living in Ohio), we would prefer to work with
Portland
Rubyists at present.
If interested, please send me an email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
introduce yourself. We can discuss things further after that. To
learn more
about Planet Argon, please visit us at http://planetargon.com/.
Please don't
send any resume attachments… ;)
-Jeremy
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