[WLUG] Local PHP devs wanted

[Lawrence Siden]

Robert is saying what I've been wanting to say for the past 20 years.
Consulting firms continue to temp us with jobs that pretend to promise
rewarding careers but are in fact illusions.  They are really looking for
semi-skilled workers who will continue to patch poorly-written legacy code
in order to keep the wheels of commerce turning.  Once you are on-boarded
with your Windows laptop and company e-mail account, having an opinion is
will be viewed by your peers and managers as an occupational hazard.
Mediocrity will be rewarded and excellence will be punished.  Innovation
will be out of the question.  The people who will survive in such positions
are there because they conceded their autonomy and learned to suppress
their natural creativity.

No disrespect intended to John.  I truly wish him success in his new
position, and hope that his situation will be an exception.

-Larry

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 12:57 PM Robert Steckroth <robertsteckroth at gmail.com>
wrote:

> How is it that in a contrived arena: you are actually looking for computer
> developers. Given the aforementioned need is sincere, than the task at hand
> is finished (or doomed), from the start by some larger entity looking to
> promote the industry as having "opportunity" Your actual task is of
> spreading word that "you too", can have a machine language career when in
> fact: it is pre-selected and easily taught to whoever is "next" in line for
> it.
> This is why consulting firm advertisements depict beautiful, smart and
> diverse looking people while real ads show typical people you would meet in
> life. Also many job recruiters un-wittingly promote this illusion with all
> the web pages and emails they craft. But hey, now we can have better jobs
> and many slaves.
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:02 AM, Lawrence Siden <lsiden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you John.  I do not wish to work on PHP anymore.  I been on hiatus
>> and working on several React applications for myself.  I am about to
>> release my first React Native app to the Google Play store.  Let me know if
>> your employer is looking for a full-stack Javascript developer with React
>> experience.
>>
>> Best and congrats on your new job!
>> -Larry
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 3:15 PM John Gotts <jgotts at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My new employer as of August 2017, Internet Brands, just finished
>>> writing the new lead system for Chrysler (FCA). The system will process
>>> more than half a million sales leads per month begining in May.
>>>
>>> We're creating an entirely new division of our company to work on the
>>> lead system. We need 3-4 PHP devs immediately. You don't have to have 10+
>>> years of PHP experience. A solid programming background of 5+ years would
>>> more than suffice.
>>>
>>> Come work with me. You'll be issued a Windows 10 laptop but the entire
>>> system is on Linux, MySQL, and PHP. I personally use Cygwin and no IDE or
>>> GUIs, but we're looking for devs to work in the environments they're most
>>> comfortable with.
>>>
>>> Contact me with your details and I'll pass them on.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
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