Thanks, Matt, I've got my fingers crossed as well. I didn't see any more updates to the possibility of an RBBQ this weekend - is it happening?
Chris On Jun 23, 9:34 am, Matt Aimonetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Chris, > > Thanks for posting your job post, I hope you will find someone that will > fit the bill. > For the record, Geoff/peepcode has been one of SDRuby's oldest sponsors and > we really appreciate his work and support. > > For those who don't know peepcode, check out the great tutorials available > for a very low price:http://peepcode.com/ > > - Matt > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Chris McCann <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Fellow Rubyists, > > > I've been lurking here for a month or two and have the best intentions > > of actually meeting up with the group at some point, especially since > > I live pretty close to UCSD. No excuses -- if I'm in town for the > > next meeting, I'll be there. > > > Let me give a quick introduction. I'm a recently retired Air Force > > test pilot who made a big career shift and gave up my cockpit for a > > laptop. My wife is from La Jolla so we moved here after I retired in > > November. > > > I was fortunate enough to land a job with a company here in San Diego > > that does software development on government contracts, mostly in > > Java. Several of us are Ruby and Rails geeks as well so we're always > > looking for ways to sneak a little bit of those into our work! > > > My company is about to get very busy with two new contracts and is > > looking to hire some talented developers as quickly as possible. > > These contracts will take several years to execute, so this isn't a > > temp contracting gig, it's the real deal. > > > In particular we're looking for the "jack of all trades" types, > > creative developers with strong skills in Java and/or C# (and even C > > and Fortran -- yes, Fortran [don't ask]). Knowing your way around > > Subversion and Eclipse is a definite plus as is .NET experience. If > > you've got some GIS or mapping software exposure, bring that along, > > too. > > > A lot of our upcoming work will involve Service Oriented Architectures > > and web services, so if you have some serious skillz in that area we > > should talk. Our Jedi knights need a SOA Obiwan. > > > Though we're fairly light in processes we do need folks who understand > > and can practice the software engineering side of things, like > > requirements analysis, UML modeling and code reviews. We follow an > > agile approach as much as we can and only use as much "real" process > > as necessary. > > > Since some of our projects are sensitive having or being able to > > obtain a security clearance is a must. Don't worry about the arrests > > -- it's the convictions that matter. > > > If you are at all interested, or know someone who might be, please > > contact me via email. The company has been around for nearly 30 years > > and is well-established with excellent benefits. > > > As an aside, I was in Seattle in May and actually met up with Geoffrey > > Grosenbach for lunch. He was kind enough to show me "Peepcode HQ", > > which was cool. I mentioned that I'd found this group and he said he > > knew a few of you very well and asked me to pass on a hello from him > > when I actually get to meet the group. So "hello from Geoff" in > > advance. > > > Cheers, > > > Chris > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
