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Jobs in PHP at CNET

Friday, September 21st, 2007

This is actually another one of my infamous PHP job postings. But because the people of CNET are so cool, I thought I’d preface it with a couple of CNET stories first.
(I honestly don’t know if I should blog this. I have a standing invite to visit CNET networks next week and, knowing

Engineering Manager in LAMP

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Next Internet is seeking an Engineering Manager for one of our fast growing companies in San Francisco, who is experienced in Internet marketing and advertising network startups with a keen interest in building out the world’s best transaction platform…. Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have strong development skills, with experience in designing and architecting scalable high-performance systems and services that are also flexible, reliable and maintainable Extensive Startup Experience Experience with transport systems such as Strongmail, PowerMTA, Lyris, etc Experience with LAMP open source deployments and ecommerce technology: PHP, Perl, Python, MySQL, Postgres, Ruby, etc They will have excellent problem-solving skills, a solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, along with a quantitative mindset Database skills and experience with large-scale multi-tiered distributed systems are also highly desired This position offers a competitive base salary and bonus program, stock options, and other comprehensive benefits.If you want to work at a company where numbers continue to grow exponentially in every positive aspect, the environment/culture is awesome, the people are friendly and are constantly smiling, laughing, and actually look forward to going into work every day, this is the place to be!

Not a way to begin an e-mail

Friday, August 31st, 2007

I got this cold-email from a Hank Z…

Mr. Chay… (Ms??)
We are the deleted
We saw your resume on the Web…
We are urgently seeking candidates who are SW engineers, and have a background in database SW development, and also expertise in mySQL.
Boy, Hank, (or is it Ms. Hank?) you recruiters know how to bring back bad [...]

A PHP and a RoR job in the city (San Francisco)

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Here are two jobs in the city. If you are interested contact Debra: datandassoc [at] this site or call 415 246 1979.

Senior Software Engineer [PHP]
Senior Interface Designer / Developer [Ruby on Rails, Ajax]

My blog is becoming a job board in this bubble, and that’s bothering me. I’m barely posting a fraction of the e-mails I [...]

PHP Developer in Foster City

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Here is another random one in my e-mail box.
PHP Developer
Duration: 1 year
Experience: mid level
Location: Foster City, CA
Start Date: ASAP
Experience with Linux/Apache/MySQL/PostgreSQL/PHP5.
[Description after the jump] (more…)
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Bunchball looking for peeps

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Rajat from my LinkedIn…
There’s really exciting things happening here, and we’re staffing up the team! If you know anyone who might be a good fit for one of these positions, I’d greatly appreciate pointers and introductions.
We’re also looking for a few consultants to help us optimize our systems: a DBA with MySQL experience and an [...]

Socializr is looking for kick-ass-coders

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Jonathan Abrams, the junior programmer at Socializr, sent me this. He is looking to double the size at the Socializr World Headquarters!
They have put together #1, #2, and #3, but they need #4, #5 and #6 to complete Socialzr.

Jonathan needs you to complete (his company)
Socializr World Headquarters, SOMA, San Francisco, California
Nikon D200, Tokina 16-50mm AT-X [...]

Job: Software Architect for NovaTunes in Venice, CA

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Sent to my by my friend John Herren (sorry about the delay in posting):
Life’s a Beach! Fix The Music Business! Work in VENICE, California
NovaTunes is a revolutionary new music company putting control in the hands of the artists and delivering quality music to a hungry global community. One lucky contestant will join a small team [...]

What Web 2.0 is…

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Dave called me today to complain about the sudden explosion of strange terms that have been appearing on the resumes of people he interviews: Ajax, SaaS, SOAs, Scrum, and, of course, the dreaded Web 2.0.
I said some stuff which I won’t repeat because I’ve decided to refrain from kicking Java while it’s down.
Dave [...]

PHP and front end job at Grayboxx

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Today, I received another cold call for a contract-for-hire position in god-knows-where for god-knows-what. My resume—do you read?
In keeping with my new policy, here is another job spam in case anyone is interested:
Based on your experience with web applications and interface development, we believe these jobs may be of interest to you or someone you [...]