I didn't see your original post (had to seach for it...); since you asked for feedback I'll give it (grin) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 12:19:56 -0400 > From: Tim Thomas > Reply-To: azphp@list.azphp.org > To: azphp@list.azphp.org > Subject: [AzPHP] PHP Web Developer Position - Local Motors > > Hi all, > > This is an awesome opportunity with Local Motors, a new american car > company that co-creates cool cars right in Chandler! The best part is that > we are spinning off our Internet-based vehicle co-creation site and need > really talented people to make this happen. > So far so good... > > Here's the posting for the "PHP Web Developer", but there are also postings > for "Web Designer/Front End Developer" and "LINUX Systems Administrator / > MySQL DB Administrator" here http://www.local-motors.com/static.php?p=jobs > > > - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - > = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = > > Local Motors (www.local-motors.com) has created a game-changing experience > of designing, building, and retailing very cool cars. Our web site is > central to our business model, as we are co-creating our amazing vehicle > designs from the best transportation designers in the world. Now Local > Motors is building a new web site which will deliver vehicle co-creation to > the individuals and Fortune-500 companies alike. > > YOU: > Have you built LINUX servers just for fun? Are you CREATIVE, like to do > make NEW and DIFFERENT things? Do you look for web 2.0 sites because you > love checking out other developer's innovative solutions? Do you want to be > a part of changing the world in a meaningful way? Can you write a "module" > to cache a home page, and if not, would you be excited to and capable of > figuring that out? Has anyone called you "anal" about naming conventions and > documenting, but it's just that you are driven to make the code base easy to > understand? > > Put the questions on separate lines. Are you positive, supportive and inspiring to others? Do you get things > done? Are you independent, and yet take direction well? Are you passionate > enough to work in a start-up? > > Up to here other than the formatting you had me interested... > You may be a student or recent graduate with relevant school projects or > endless hours of relevant tinkering behind you. You may have a couple of > years experience under your belt developing the company web site. Either > way, you are talented. > > I think I get your intention here... you're not so interested in formal education; just raw talent (good). > Our playground: > LINUX, Apache, PHP 5, MySQL 4, Javascript, SVN, HTML, CSS, Python > > YAY! > Do/are/have you: > know the differences between "$this" and '$that' in PHP > handy with GREP and RSYNC > really get object oriented programming > performed a LEFT JOIN > programmed something very cool > Are flexible and open-minded, not defiantly religious about just the > languages & frameworks you know and like > > This part made me smile :) > And a quiz: > It's 11:00 PM on Friday and you just peeked at the company web site. You > realize that the release that your co-worker pushed out yesterday afternoon > (bug free) for some reason has now disabled the community section of the web > site. What do you do? > > *I think you may have lost people here. Not enough information and for many inpossible to answer without just asking questions such as...* - Is the site built such that configuration files determine what appears on the website? If so were configuration files changed as part of the roll out? - Is the site based on a framework of any kind? If so which one? - As part of the change where file permissions changed? - Was the associated database modified? If so How? - Beyond that... - Are you using some kind of versioning system that can allow for rolling back - If it is 'bug free' then why does it have a side effect of disabling the Community section? > Send your resume and a few sentences answering the question above, > explaining why you are a good fit and demonstrating your excitement about > cars to jobs@local-motors.com. > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:11, Tim Thomas wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently posted positions trying to locate candidates for a php web > developer position, but I am hardly getting any responses, either through > plug postings or otherwise. > > Can anyone comment on the market for php developers in Phoenix? Is it the > local market or perhaps my posting that is the problem? > > Thanks, > Tim > Local Motors > > > > Tim Thomas > CIO Local Motors > tthomas@local-motors.com > @IMStarboard > > I don't think it is the local market; there are a lot of talented people. And with the current job market many people looking for jobs; I'd apply but I'm not looking for full time anything :) JD