On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Kurtis Mullins <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Congrats on finding people to fill your position(s), Cal! Thank you! > > At first I read that and thought "man, that's almost insulting". I can > honestly say that it's not completely unfair to pay someone $20/hour > -- especially if they're still in school. I barely make more than that as a > lead-developer for a startup, haha. One of these days it'll get finished > and I'll have a nice, large project to put on my CV/Portfolio :) > Absolutely - I've seen a lot of replies from people saying its a low wage, but I started off on that very same wage, AND I had to drag my ass into an office across a 2 hour round trip on public transport whilst working 40 hour weeks. > > The sad thing is that you can enter the corporate world and easily hit > $80,000+/year -- but I know I could never be happy in that kind of a work > environment. > Couldn't agree with you more. I've done the whole working in the city thing, £65k basic/year etc, and it was fun for the first few months, but there's more to life than money. And at those salaries, you can guarantee you're gonna be stressed as hell and on-call every weekend. Work satisfaction, opportunities/learning experience, and general life style means so much more - it just took me a few years to realise :) > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < > cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > >> Thanks to everyone for your feedback and to everyone who applied for the >> position - we had some really great applicants, and one or two >> exceptionally good ones. >> >> The position has now been filled, but we will keep everyone who applied >> on file for future ref. >> >> I should also take the opportunity to mention that we have other openings >> coming up in the next few months which are purely Python/Django based - and >> we are also considering taking on interns this year. >> >> Cal >> >> >> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* django-users@googlegroups.com [mailto: >>> django-users@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Cal Leeming [Simplicity >>> Media Ltd] >>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 12, 2012 3:28 PM >>> *To:* django-users@googlegroups.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [JOB] Urgent - PHP/Python Developer needed**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Further update on this - budget has changed so, we can now offer >>> a higher rate and a part time alternative.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> * 1500$/month for 70 hours (20$/hour)**** >>> >>> * 2000$/month for 100 hours (20$/hour)**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Thanks**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Cal**** >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < >>> cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:**** >>> >>> Hi all,**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Another urgent position has come up in our company, applicant needs to >>> have some experience with using Django but must also be comfortable with >>> PHP (our clients are a 50/50 split between PHP and Django).**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ------**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Simplicity Media Ltd are an established UK company providing bespoke IT >>> solutions for a variety of clients across the globe. >>> >>> We are currently looking for a flexible and diverse developer to >>> maintain and extend our existing PHP deployments. >>> >>> Our solutions are high volume (peaking at around 5000 requests/minute), >>> with extremely large databases (400 million+ rows) and large content >>> servers (15TB+ of media files). >>> >>> The successful candidate should have at least 2 years commercial >>> experience, be fluent OOP, and have a general understanding of what it >>> means to be a good programmer. >>> >>> We're looking for a real person with real emotion, not a corporate robot >>> - and being a team player is absolutely critical. Our company attitude is >>> firm but fair, we encourage a healthy mixture of fun/work, and we even have >>> a 'NSFW' IRC channel! >>> >>> Essential skills: >>> * PHP 5.x (OOP) >>> * MySQL >>> * Linux (Debian) >>> * Bash (shell/ssh etc) >>> >>> Desired (non-essential) skills: >>> * MongoDB >>> * Redhat >>> * Percona >>> * Memcache >>> * Redis >>> * Python >>> >>> Desired (non-essential) experience: >>> * CodeIgniter (PHP) >>> * TubeX (PHP) >>> * Django (Python) >>> * JIRA (Atlassian) >>> * Basecamp >>> * Zendesk >>> * Livechat >>> >>> MINIMUM CRITERIA: >>> * MUST be able to work on either EST or GMT+0 timezone >>> * MUST be able to work 30+ hours a week. >>> * MUST be comfortable working on 18+ sites. >>> * MUST be fluent in written & spoken English >>> >>> The position is full time, offering around $2000/month (roughly >>> £1200/month) for the right candidate - price/hours are negotiable. >>> >>> This position MUST be filled by 15th April 2012. >>> >>> When applying, please also include a cover note explaining why you feel >>> you would be suitable for this role.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.**** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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