Re: Internship Job Description?
Hatton, I've had good luck with emphasizing the learning potential of a position. Often young developers, especially those who are just getting into the field, or still studying in college, are really excited at the idea of getting to work on real-world projects with a mentor, and having the ability to build their portfolio at the same time. Sonya Hughes Circle Star Consulting, LLC -- Original Message -- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: cf-jobs-talk@houseoffusion.com Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:10:43 -0400 On 3/20/07, Ben Doom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Primary job functions include: Assisting in PHP and ASP profiling and programming HTML and CSS development Maintaining paperwork including billing and change requests Secondary job functions include: Scut work Shit jobs Taking blame Fetching coffee Any other damn thing I can think of This is a less polite, if accurate, description of a couple jobs I've had. Wow, Ben, tell us how you really feel ;) Actually the interesting thing of this job is the fact that there isn't so much HTML/CSS as we have the design folks for that. I'm actually just concerned with building whatever dynamic elements a web application needs. Hatton ~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3294 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
RE: Guerilla Job Marketing Article
I think it would be interesting to see information on finding ways to transition from the developer level to project planning and management, and programmer team management, and how to market yourself in that arena professionally. Sonya Hughes Circle Star Consulting -Original Message- From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 1:04 AM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Guerilla Job Marketing Article David Perry, author of Guerilla Marketing for the Job Hunter (http://www.gm4jh.com/), is writing an article called Guerilla Job Marketing: Finding Your Best ColdFusion Job for the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update (http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly). He asked me for some feedback. David wants to know what information will make this article an article that our readers will want to keep forever. What are our pain points when it comes to job hunting? So speak up, fellow CF'ers. What information would you like him to cover in this article? Your help is much appreciated! Judith Dinowitz Editor-in-Chief Fusion Authority ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3037 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
RE: Too much experience
You don't even really have to teach, to get into higher ed. All larger universities have IT staff on-campus, and usually a fairly large-sized team. Web development is usually a big part of that. I build large scale web applications for my university all day long. Admissions applications, online registration, portals, things like that. -Original Message- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 4:35 PM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Re: Too much experience Hm. I like teaching and I'm good at it. Let me ask around to see what I can do in this area. That's what I've been doing a lot of lately, and building up a good private client base that provides a regular source of reliable income. For reference, when looking for full-time jobs, a good place to always look even with tons of experience would be higher education. Universities always seem to be more inclined to look at people with a lot of experience in a field who say they're willing to work for a limited salary in exchange for other benefits. I took a solid paycut to take the position I have now, but it came with wonderful retirement, tuition, health and vacation/sick leave benefits I wouldn't get anywhere else. The contracting on the side makes up the financial difference and it's a good, stable environment. I've seen the positions in my department fill up more and more often with people like me. Sonya -Original Message- From: Mik Muller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:26 PM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Re: Too much experience Perhaps the solution is to build marketable apps that are really very good, and make your money that way. That's what I'm trying. Takes a while for it to take off though, that's for sure. But once it's going, you're good. Mik At 02:22 PM 2/13/2006, Michael Dinowitz wrote: I saw another NY based contract on the CF-jobs list but once I saw who posted it, I knew I'd never get it. Why? Because I'm too experienced. If you have 10+ years in ColdFusion your almost un-hirable. If you ask below your worth, the company is worried that you will not be happy and will jump ship first chance you get. And that's if you take below your worth to begin with. If you ask your worth, the head hunter will not send you to the company for fear of the company rejecting the resume out of hand. Or to be more real, the head hunter will try to talk you down to what he feels is the highest the company will go because he gets a percentage and really wants to get it. If you ask for a real bid, the chances are the head hunter will just not send it along at all. Too many high bids makes the head hunter look bad. It's a dangerous cliff. Grow and get better but if you get too good, you fall off. :( ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2874 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Internship or part-time positions? (MD, DC Metro Area)
LOL! I can only take CUA students, but I do know a few people I tend to refer folks to when they're looking. :) Sonya -Original Message- From: Doug Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:16 AM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: RE: Internship or part-time positions? (MD, DC Metro Area) Not if I have anything to say about it! ;) I'll fight you for him! Doug -Original Message- From: Sonya Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 9:55 AM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: RE: Internship or part-time positions? (MD, DC Metro Area) You're killing me here. I've been begging for part-time help at Catholic University all semester, because my workload is insane and all I specified was basic HTML. I'd be willing to teach them ColdFusion, and so on. I can't get a student employee for the life of me. Literally, not even an applicant. I wish some of our students had your technical ambition. Contact me off-list. I might be able to hook you up with someone who is looking for a part-time person. Sonya Hughes Web Specialist The Catholic University of America -Original Message- From: Elliott Sprehn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 12:14 AM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Internship or part-time positions? (MD, DC Metro Area) I'm a second year college student in Montgomery Co. and currently I have a (soon to be finished) contract developing a coldfusion application for a small private organization. I've really enjoyed the experience, and I'd like to find an internship or a part time job doing web development and design. I have 2 years experience working helpdesk (mac, pc, *nix) and about a year of experience working with coldfusion MX / MySQL and recently PHP5. I'm pretty well versed on web standards (xhtml, css, et al.), design practices as well as good programming practices. (OOP etc.) (self taught everything) I'm also willing to learn new skills as I go too. While looking for places to work though it seems most companies want someone with 4+ years experience, and a four year or better degree which I think is understandable for a government job or a full time programmer position. I'm just curious if those who have these positions think its all possible for me to get a part-time job or internship working in this field, or if I'm going to have to wait another 3 years before any company would consider me at all? Thanks, Elliott ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2786 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
