NO AGENCIES PLEASE With that out the way, we (http://www.firebox.com) are looking for a web developer to join our existing small development team. Here''s the posting from our website[1]: ===Web Developer (ref W200) Reporting to: Technical Director This permanent, full-time role involves developing the Firebox website and internal admin tools. You will be working in a small team on a variety of programming projects. Key skills required include: ? PHP (Object Oriented) and MySQL essential ? Experience with Java, Ruby on Rails, etc. very desirable ? Skills with Ajax, shell scripting, HTML, Apache and Linux System Administration are also an advantage Based in London, SW2. Salary: ?25k-?30k depending on experience. Email covering letter and CV to tom.boardman @ firebox.com. NO AGENCIES PLEASE == (Note that CVs are not to be sent to me, but rather my boss.) We''re making progress in integrating RoR into our existing PHP setup (already a couple of aspect of the backend system are pure Rails) with a view to move as much code over to Rails as we can and use Rails for future greenfield development. Thanks for your time, Paul. [1] - http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=admin&action=jobs#tech
On 2/9/06, Paul Wright <wrighty@gmail.com> wrote:> Key skills required include: > ? PHP (Object Oriented) and MySQL essential > ? Experience with Java, Ruby on Rails, etc. very desirable > ? Skills with Ajax, shell scripting, HTML, Apache and Linux System > Administration are also an advantage > > Based in London, SW2. Salary: ?25k-?30k depending on experience.This is OT, but I''m curious. Is ~$50k USD normal in the UK for this type of position. Seems low to me. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=27500+GBP+in+USD&btnG=Search -- James
I would gladly take 50K to work with Rails FT :) Tony On 2/9/06, James Ludlow <jamesludlow@gmail.com> wrote:> > On 2/9/06, Paul Wright <wrighty@gmail.com> wrote: > > Key skills required include: > > ? PHP (Object Oriented) and MySQL essential > > ? Experience with Java, Ruby on Rails, etc. very desirable > > ? Skills with Ajax, shell scripting, HTML, Apache and Linux System > > Administration are also an advantage > > > > Based in London, SW2. Salary: ?25k-?30k depending on experience. > > This is OT, but I''m curious. Is ~$50k USD normal in the UK for this > type of position. Seems low to me. > > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=27500+GBP+in+USD&btnG=Search > > -- James > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060209/e08b0260/attachment.html
US programmers get paid far more than UK ones. I now live in the US... -----Original Message----- From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org [mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of James Ludlow Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:05 AM To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org Subject: Re: [Rails] [JOB] RoR/PHP Developer needed - London, SW2 On 2/9/06, Paul Wright <wrighty@gmail.com> wrote:> Key skills required include: > ? PHP (Object Oriented) and MySQL essential > ? Experience with Java, Ruby on Rails, etc. very desirable > ? Skills with Ajax, shell scripting, HTML, Apache and Linux System > Administration are also an advantage > > Based in London, SW2. Salary: ?25k-?30k depending on experience.This is OT, but I''m curious. Is ~$50k USD normal in the UK for this type of position. Seems low to me. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=27500+GBP+in+USD&btnG=Search -- James