[WLUG] Local PHP devs wanted

[Cris Rockwell]

I've never seen or heard of such sour grapes about any job posting. Boo hoo.


On Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 11:04 AM Lawrence Siden <lsiden at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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