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[Mitch Pirtle]

A quick addition: this is a senior position, and I am expecting all
applicants to have at least ten-to-fifteen years' experience in
technologies.

-- Mitch

On 2/17/06, Mitch Pirtle <mitch.pirtle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> I'm helping a friend look for a CTO, and am accepting resumes and
> performing interviews for them. I thought I would look here, as the
> majority of the candidates they have found were not hands-on folks
> with relevant FOSS experience. Yes, some of them thought PHP was a
> barbituate.
>
> So, here is the type of CTO that they are looking for - is that you?
>
> * Well-versed in LAMP technologies
> * Well-versed in high-traffic (think billions, not millions)
> * Good development operational skills (revision control, change management)
> * Strong understanding of development methodologies
> * Strong OO background
> * Can manage/negotiate vendor contracts
> * Good enterprise operational knowledge (WAN/LAN, hardware, software, PBX etc)
>
> In a nutshell, this company has fully leveraged LAMP as the core of
> their business, and is living and dying by it. At present they have a
> huge homegrown codebase that is no longer maintainable as it is
> entirely based on procedural, ad-hoc code. The developers are all good
> foot soldiers, but there is currently no "alpha male" personality to
> drive technology direction.
>
> They are looking for someone that can come in, roll up the sleeves,
> assert dominance, and get things organized and streamlined so that
> they can get back to their formerly nimble, agile competitive selves
> ;-)
>
> Please write me back if you are interested, or know someone that might
> be interested. So far the interview process has been, um, less than
> promising.
>
> --
> Mitch Pirtle
> Joomla! Core Developer
> Open Source Matters
>


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Mitch Pirtle
Joomla! Core Developer
Open Source Matters