Am 08. Apr, 2014 schwätzte David Schwartz so:
moin moin David,
off the top of my head and in no particular order...
Are you willing to travel 100% to do consulting for a good company?
I see you worked at ticketmaster, ticketmaster seems to always be hiring.
There is lots of call for embedded C for Linux. GD used to be looking for
people. Lots of smaller companies as well. Intel, nvidia and broadcom all
have driver developers here in town, I believe.
Go to Gangplank to find startups looking for talent.
Mozilla is hiring devops. I believe remote work is OK.
Canonical/Ubuntu has a bunch of remote work openings, probably C involved
there somewhere :) Check AZLoCo weekly meeting minutes for link.
I believe uhaul and choice hotels still have dev shops here in town.
ciao,
der.hans
Hey, gang
I’m looking for someone who's willing to save a ton of money by hiring a
seasoned senior developer with a degree in math/CS at junior rates for 6 months
while I learn something new.
I need some temporary work NOW — or even something that will lead to a perm
position. I can do 1099, C2C, or W2 with full bene’s.
I’ve got $100 in my bank account and am behind on all of my bills. I’ve been
out of work since late July and unemployment ran out at the end of March. I’m
breathing fumes.
The problem is I’ve gotten pigeonholed and can’t even get interviews. I’ve got TONS
of GREAT experience, just not the “right combination" of tools and recent
experience that anybody is looking for.
(This is the downside of spending too many years doing one thing and working
for employers who value that but won’t let you work on anything other than
that. I’ve done stuff “on the side” but none of it seems to count because it’s
not “on the job” experience.)
EXPERIENCE
I’ve managed Linux servers; written lots of php code that spits out HTML
(mostly 4.0); patched Wordpress plugins and themes; written protocol drivers
and stacks; configured systems and networks, and fixed networking problems that
nobody else could figure out; set up lots of web servers and websites from
scratch; have experience on cPanel, Plesk, and other control panels; lots of
MySQL and other SQL DB experience.
I spent many years doing embedded systems development and machine control
stuff. I love it! I’ve got real-time in my blood. (This is particularly
beneficial when it comes to designing databases because I naturally tend to
cluster data based on temporal coherence, which most database designers ignore.
This alone can have a significantly beneficial impact on database performance.)
I’ve written tons of scripts in c-shell, k-shell, and Bourne shell, using most
of the common *nix tools like awk, sed, grep, diff, regex, etc. My perl skills
aren’t too good, and I’ve got no ruby or python experience. My javascript is
so-so, although I see it as mostly just an interpreted variant of ‘c' (with
which I’m fluent); just a little experience with js libraries.
My web skills can be described simply as this: I do back-end stuff — php and
SQL, filtering, parsing, the usual data shuffling; not anything that relates to
eye-candy. (I’m NOT a graphic artist, don’t know ANY Adobe tools, and have
absolutely NO aspirations to go in that direction. There are PLENTY of GREAT
graphic designers out there; the world doesn’t need one more. Partner me with
someone like that and we’ll kick butt!)
STRENGTHS
My strengths are software architecture, analysis, design, and development in
and around OOP platforms: c/c++ and Delphi (object Pascal). I have some C# and
.NET, but not enough to make anybody want me, although I’m happy to learn more.
(It’s not a steep learning curve IMO.)
In particular, I’m very good with any kind of design that needs to work at
several different levels — not just standalone apps, but apps that need to read
databases over the web, do remote updates, distributed applications, real-time
filtering and data extraction, and so forth.
I’m a quick learner.
I ran configuration and release management for a couple of years on several
comercial projects. After that I worked on an IEEE/ISO standards committee that
defined a Guide to Software Configuration Management (IEEE/ISO 1042), and I got
experience with every version control tool on the market at that time (late
80’s - early 90’s). Since then, I’ve yet to see a VCS that’s not a variation on
one of three basic themes. (I could set up an SCM and release policy for your
company or some projects, for example)
I’ve got 2+ years of Agile/SCRUM experience; have managed projects of up to 5
people; have taking ideas from back-of-the-napkin sketches through to
production release — on-time and under-budget — and everything in between. No
customer support or QA, however. I’d be happy to be a SCRUM-master or Project
Manager (or apprentice).
I can read Java but have never written any; again, I’m happy to learn. (There
are so few Delphi books around that I have to read Java and C#/.NET books to
learn about the latest programming paradigms that apply equally well in Delphi.)
I’ve set up a a few dozen websites that sell stuff online, using several
different scripts. They all used PayPal to process payments, but I didn’t write
the code for that part. I’ve also worked with a couple of commercial shopping
cart scripts; no open source ones, tho.
I’ve got TONS of Wordpess experience, having worked with lots of free and
premium plugins and themes. I’m a member of WPMUDEV if it matters. I’ve set up
multi-user / networked WP sites, membershp sites, had custom plugins developed,
and have tweaked plugins and themes.
GOALS
I’d love to get into mobile app development, but I don’t have sufficient java
or Objective-C experience (although I’m totally willing to learn).
Actually, if you know of anybody who needs mobile apps built from scratch but
doesn’t want to pay for two developers (Apple and Android), have them call me —
I can deliver both apps from the same source code base (Delphi) at half-price
and probably less time than either of the others. (And no, I have not published
anything on either the AppStore or the PlayStore yet, but it’s not a big deal
from what I can tell.)
Ultimately I’d love to get back into an Architect role — that’s the kind of
work I enjoy most. Taking an idea, building a vision around it, then giving it
birth.
Obviously, I’m over-qualified for every junior position out there, yet not
quite qualified for anything anybody is looking for at the senior level.
I NEED TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW that gets me some “on-the-job experience” so I
can get out of this frigging hole I’m in.
Here’s a copy of my resume for anybody who’s interested:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8250004/DPSchwartz_2014-Resume.pdf
I *REALLY* need to find someone who’s willing to hire a seasoned senior
developer at junior rates for 3-6 months while I learn something new.
Surely there’s a start-up or somebody in this city who’ll see this as a
screaming deal all the way around!
Thank you for your willingness to help out a fellow traveller! :-)
-David Schwartz
PS: feel free to re-post this on other lists / newsgroups if you think it will
help. Thanks!
PS: If you’re a RECRUITER: find someone who'll interview me FIRST, THEN call
me. Out-of-state positions will require relocation assistance.
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