Hi Folks,
I am looking for someone who would like to get into a start-up position with the opportunity to grow. Not sure if any of you are in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, but thought I would give this list a shot before going to a more traditional search. I fell into a situation with another company that's going to keep me very busy for the next couple of years. Last month I billed over 230 hours and quite frankly, I am getting a bit overworked. All programming I have been doing has been done in Witango. We are planning on upgrading servers and software. We have been working with very large retail corporations on the certification of packaging companies both here in the states and overseas. Along with the certification process is another component where packaging is measured, evaluated and data stored in separate databases for these retail corporations. They use the data to evaluate the packaging suppliers and the products they produce. All of the data input and output is done via the Web. There are many facets to these projects and each retail corporation changes the criteria just enough to keep the individual websites unique. We also have about 50 other sites that are not related to the packaging certification process, some of these with large companies as well. Ultimately, what we are looking for could go in two directions, after much discussion... 1. A seasoned developer in Witango and PHP who is already established and would bring expertise to the table along with established clients that he or she would move into our hosting environment. This person would have the ability to bring in more business and also be able to handle pretty much anything we threw at them. A good working knowledge of MSSQL, DNS, CC processing, FTP, Routers, email servers and firewalls would be a plus. 2. A person just starting out who is well versed in PHP and would like to learn Witango on his or her own. This person would need to be a self-starter who would take the bull by the horns, so to speak, and have the ability to problem solve to advance their knowledge in programming in Witango. I won't have time for too much handholding. No body ever held my hand and I would expect the same of people who are truly interested in something like this. (Well... the only hand holding I got was from all you good people on the list who have taught me a lot over the years) All our servers used for Web applications are Windows based. Some of the internal stuff is MAC, but we would really be concentrating on the Web stuff. Granted, our platforms are fairly old (Win2000 and 2003) and we are still working with Witango 2000, but we are looking for upgrades across the board as the work is being ramped up. Some of the work will involve these upgrades and moving sites to more recent software and platforms. We plan on upgrading to the latest Witango, and to upgrade all platforms while leaving the old in place so we can migrate and test as time allows. The only reason I am throwing PHP into the mix is because we feel it might attract a wider customer base by offering programming in a more popular language. We would be willing to buy the server(s) in order for us to expand into this arena. PHP may or may not play a role in the hiring, but may be a plus that we could discuss. I personally am a novice with PHP and for the type of work we do; the language of my choice has never been an issue. Most of my clients could care less what I am using, just so the job gets done. If any of this sounds interesting to you, email me and I will send you a list of current clients and links and we could possibly start a dialogue. I would list the clients here, but feel that dropping names on the list would be in poor taste. Thanks! John Muldoon Corporate Incentives 3416 Nicollet Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55408-4552 612.822.2222 [email protected] <http://cipromo.com/> http://cipromo.com ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body.
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