[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Rae Buerckner
;>> Nice move, >>> >>> I think that this should happen in Vic also. In fact the Flash / Flex / >>> CF >>> UG should become one. Especially the CF / Flex stuff, there is a lot of >>> cross benefit there for both sides. >>> >>> Who knows might

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Scott Barnes
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Barry Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well, I don't necessarily disagree with you, Scott, but we are perhaps > saying the same thing but from two different viewpoints. Yup :) hehe. > > > the idea of having different user groups is just having a core > te

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Barry Beattie
well, I don't necessarily disagree with you, Scott, but we are perhaps saying the same thing but from two different viewpoints. the idea of having different user groups is just having a core technology "hat" to hang on. In the case of the CFUG, ColdFusion is the lowest common denominator on which

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Scott Barnes
Barry, I disagree. I've probed people from Php, .NET, RoR, Flash, Silverlight, Java and even COBOL (lol).. I floated the notion that what would you prefer a technology focused group based around one brand, or a themed technology group that is based around many brands but adhere to the theme. I th

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Scott Barnes
ginal Message- >> From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf >> Of Chris Velevitch >> Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2008 5:37 PM >> To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com >> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they &

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Barry Beattie
totally honest answer? occasionally it's very good (over two doz), but most of the time, it's poor - for both. On those poor occasions, add both together and it'd be up to good. but there's the problem - throw the Flex stuff in with the CF and the .Net and PHP'ers would wonder why they were ther

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Dale Fraser
for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people? > I think that this should happen in Vic also. every area is different, it comes down to what the users want: a story: in the latter half of 2006, Brisbane found itself faced with a situation where lots of Flex and AIR interest

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Barry Beattie
> I think that this should happen in Vic also. every area is different, it comes down to what the users want: a story: in the latter half of 2006, Brisbane found itself faced with a situation where lots of Flex and AIR interest was "infiltrating" the multimedia-based user group (QMUG) and the

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Rae Buerckner
PROTECTED] On > Behalf > Of Chris Velevitch > Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2008 5:37 PM > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they > looking for new people? > > > The NSW CFUG is about to merge with Sydney Fla

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Dale Fraser
-Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Velevitch Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2008 5:37 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people? The NSW CFUG is about

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-24 Thread Chris Velevitch
The NSW CFUG is about to merge with Sydney Flash Platform Developers to become Adobe Platform Users Group, Sydney. The next meeting is on Monday (RSVP and details on http://apugs2008april.eventbrite.com) On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Eliseo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In that case can som

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-23 Thread M@ Bourke
monthly meeting is generally advertised on this list each month. google would be ya best bet or contact Robin (who is on this list) his site is www.rocketboots.com.au (think I spelt that right) cheers M@ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you a

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-23 Thread Eliseo
In that case can someone point me in the direction of the Sydney CFUG? ;) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscri

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-23 Thread Scott Barnes
One other point - M@ has a way with just slamming a point right between the eyes, and that's why we deported him to the UK, that and he's just having way to much fun there - is to *buddy up.* Don't do this alone, find your local CFUG and get them to help you, as in the end they'll gain a storm tro

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-23 Thread M@ Bourke
>when I was first interviewed some two years ago by Gruden, MX had only just come out, this is why you shouldn't post so much on a public mailing list, MX has been around now for about 7 years (or at least the beta??) not 2. I agree totally with what Scott said. Also look at it this way, people fr

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Andrew Scott
@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people? Hey that's actually a really good idea. No we are about to... drum roll.. upgrade the start button to be more like a fisheye dock style menu.. its original thinking on our part, and we are pro

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Scott Barnes
Hey that's actually a really good idea. No we are about to... drum roll.. upgrade the start button to be more like a fisheye dock style menu.. its original thinking on our part, and we are proud of it ;) hehehe On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Ryan Sabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey a

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Ryan Sabir
> hey all i can say is my resume owns.. i mean.. am i not in at Microsoft > helping set the direction of two of our biggest flagship products since > Windows :) Don't tell me they are upgrading Notepad and MS Paint?? Awesome! :P Ryan Sabir Technical Director p: (02) 9274 8030 f: (02)

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Scott Barnes
hey all i can say is my resume owns.. i mean.. am i not in at Microsoft helping set the direction of two of our biggest flagship products since Windows :) :D hehehe. On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:05 PM, barry.b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [at the risk of suggesting this thread might be better off

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread barry.b
[at the risk of suggesting this thread might be better off on the cfjobs list instead of here ...] @Scott "keep applying and market your resume like a product." yeah, that's good advice. "New Improved candidate with extra VOOM! 30% less fat than last time". I must admit mine is pretty dull and

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Scott Barnes
Eliseo, I apologise I misinterpreted the message. I also didn't mean it in that context but simply talking about your job hunt on a public mailing list and the various experiences you've had whilst doing it was more to the point probably not wise. I could also be wrong. Scott. On Wed, Apr 23,

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Eliseo
Scott, I'm not bagging out Gruden... believe me on that, they're a good company, but I find their recent reason for not proceeding unusual... but that's their decision... As to Daemon, I wouldn't dare bag them out, so I honestly have no idea how you derived that... Daemon are a great company and

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Dale Fraser
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eliseo Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2008 9:27 AM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people? Okay, something weird here... Just heard back from Gruden, and they decided they did not wish to

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Scott Barnes
Interesting, it's not a tactic i'd go for in terms of not interviewing a candidate again simply because they failed to make the cut last time. People change, experiences grow and in the end the top 5% of the developers out there aren't looking for jobs, as well they are the top 5% :) Anyway, Grude

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Eliseo
> I thought Sydney was the hot spot for CF jobs, Melbourne less so and > Adelaide would be near impossible. So does this mean that Sydney is > slowing down on CF jobs now? Are all these "CF is on the way out" > comments becoming true? I wonder if Daemon dabble outside of CF? Matthew, it's slowing

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Eliseo
Okay, something weird here... Just heard back from Gruden, and they decided they did not wish to proceed with my application based on the following: "We generally do not hire any candidates if they have unsuccessfully applied for a position within Gruden in the past. There would need to be fairly

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Eliseo
Steve, Amen to that... I was hired by Commander a yer ago due to my creative approaches to resolving previous difficult technical situations in other roles. I'm an analyst by nature. I analyze, look for patterns and do what I can to resolve them... My wife has compared me to Dr House; saying that

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Matthew
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2008 6:11 PM > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they > looking for new people? > > Isn't it funny employers say its hard to get developers and developers say > its hard to get work. &

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Steve Onnis
I think its more its hard to get GOOD developers -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Fraser Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2008 6:11 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Dale Fraser
gt; > > > Regards > > > > Dale Fraser > > > > <http://learncf.com/>http://learncf.com > > > > <http://flexcf.com/>http://flexcf.com > > > > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > > Of

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-22 Thread Eliseo
kner > Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2008 4:02 PM > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they > looking for new people? > > http://www.gruden.com.au/index.cfm/p/jobs > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:49 PM, barry.b <[EMAIL PROTECT

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-21 Thread Dale Fraser
2008 4:02 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people? http://www.gruden.com.au/index.cfm/p/jobs On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:49 PM, barry.b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm in Brisbane so the jobs I kn

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-21 Thread Rae Buerckner
http://www.gruden.com.au/index.cfm/p/jobs On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:49 PM, barry.b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm in Brisbane so the jobs I know of will be no use to you... > > > I'd post on CFJobs, but the activity is so slow there, > > responses from there is unlikely... > > I'm not so sure

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-21 Thread Eliseo
> Geoff, if you're around, are Daemon currently looking for anyone? For those playing at home, Geoff's gotten back to me... Thanks for the update... a pity there weren't any positions! I'm sure something will come up... ~ Eliseo --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-21 Thread Eliseo
Barry, I've tried that, and there's very little in short term contracts going here, save for roles I've previously applied to... I guess I could repeat the initial post in CFJobs as well and see how that pans out as well... ~ Eliseo --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You rece

[cfaussie] Re: Who is working for whom in Sydney, and are they looking for new people?

2008-04-21 Thread barry.b
I'm in Brisbane so the jobs I know of will be no use to you... > I'd post on CFJobs, but the activity is so slow there, > responses from there is unlikely... I'm not so sure about that. I wonder how many cfaussie ppl are NOT on cfjobs as well? if ppl are long term employees then perhaps not, alt