Looking for a Job

[polym]

see site in my signature.

details are there. will do custom cms/possibly design jobs.
will also do desktop applications if need-be, no java/C# please. C++ preferrable, python/pascal are friendly territory.

[BoneIdol]

Have you thought about maybe pimping yourself out to any nearby small businesses? If you just spent an hour with the phone book (to get a list of businesses) and google (to see if they have a website, and if it's shit or not) you could make a nice list of potential clients.

[CronoMan]

At 5/20/08 03:50 AM, polym wrote: see site in my signature.

details are there. will do custom cms/possibly design jobs.
will also do desktop applications if need-be, no java/C# please. C++ preferrable, python/pascal are friendly territory.

you do realise that the $$ lies in Java and C#, right? :P

[Jessii]

At 5/20/08 05:23 AM, BoneIdol wrote: Have you thought about maybe pimping yourself out to any nearby small businesses? If you just spent an hour with the phone book (to get a list of businesses) and google (to see if they have a website, and if it's shit or not) you could make a nice list of potential clients.

That would require him to put his ego aside and be nice to people.

[DannyIsOnFire]

Side note, that domain is about as unmemorable as can be.
Also, examples on website. Barring an Ajax navigation system, I see very little.

[BoneIdol]

At 5/20/08 07:27 AM, DannyIsOnFire wrote: Side note, that domain is about as unmemorable as can be.
Also, examples on website. Barring an Ajax navigation system, I see very little.

Good point that. You should make mention about how you stick rigidly to web and accessibility standards, are a master of css and javascript etc. etc. (may contain lies). Spin your skills and sell yourself.

Yes, AJAX does imply knowledge of html, javascript, server side languages etc. etc., but only to people that actually know what AJAX is (beyond "marketing speak for whizzy shit" anyway).

A portfolio would be a huge boon too, especially if you've got some nice stuff to show.

[DougyTheFreshmaker]

If you're going to claim the site is conforms to a standard and provide a link to an online validator, you should probably make sure it actually validates.

You might not voluntarily divulge unbecoming, unnecessary information. Saying you're not into design is honest and everything and lets potential employers know where you stand in that regard, but why go out of your way to explain that you used a template for your site? Just to REALLY emphasize how much you suck at it?

In your post you explicitly ask that projects not be C# or Java, yet you list them on the site. Are you willing to take projects in that area or not? It's a yes or no sort of thing. Same with the OpenGL stuff. You have experience in that area, but don't have the libraries set up properly. What does that even mean?

Last, stuff in parentheses should always be rethought. Can it be set off by commas instead or maybe factored out into its own sentence? If not, is it irrelevant enough to be removed completely? In your case, I'd go with the latter. Just because you know OOP doesn't mean you know C#/Java, which your first set almost seems to imply, and Perl isn't the C of the web... C is the C of the web. And what's this Perl/CGI stuff doing in the 'I do desktop programming as well' paragraph anyway?

[smulse]

You haven't really sold yourself.

[Jon-86]

At 5/20/08 05:23 AM, BoneIdol wrote: Have you thought about maybe pimping yourself out.

That was the first thought that came to my mind. Hopefully the OP can take some fair criticism.

[Cryoma]

There are millions of sites that spam your resume to people looking to hire, newgrounds is not one of them.

[BoneIdol]

At 5/20/08 10:45 AM, Jon-86 wrote:

At 5/20/08 05:23 AM, BoneIdol wrote: Have you thought about maybe pimping yourself out.

That was the first thought that came to my mind. Hopefully the OP can take some fair criticism.

I would have a go at you for the politician-like quoting, but that's actually not a bad idea. Assuming the age in polym's profile is correct, there would have no shortage of potential clients. Under-age prostitution is a thriving market; with a clientelle of marginally less poor daily mail readers that apparently have no sense of irony.

[Jon-86]

Have a go at me for quoting. You totaly twisted my meaning. I was meaning. Pimping out his skills. But rereading what I worte it totaly dosnt look like what I was meaning. Quality.

[BoneIdol]

At 5/20/08 11:29 AM, Jon-86 wrote: Have a go at me for quoting. You totaly twisted my meaning. I was meaning. Pimping out his skills. But rereading what I worte it totaly dosnt look like what I was meaning. Quality.

Have you considered doing copy-writing (not to be confused with copyrighting)? That statement has a much greater clarity than the usual management speak that I normally have to disfigure webpages with. Just try slipping in the phrases "initiative", "solution", "consultancy", "dedicated team" and/or "synergy" and you'll have a quality piece of management bollocks there.

Also, for you dirty foreigners that aren't native to the united kingdom, greatest place in the world, here's an article on the daily mail so that my last post makes more sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail

Anyway, can we drag this back on topic before someone accidentally starts taking me seriously?

[Anim8or666]

At 5/20/08 01:59 PM, BoneIdol wrote: Also, for you dirty foreigners that aren't native to the united kingdom, greatest place in the world, here's an article on the daily mail so that my last post makes more sense.

You can have your tea, crumpets, and crickets, but please don't bring up which country is best, because it's going to end up in a flame war.
Going back to the topic, your site is really vague, and you didn't even put up examples of your work. Mentioning templates only makes you look even more amateurish, eve if you don't specialize in front end work. I also advise against a AJAX-based navigation system, because many people have javascript disabled, or their outdated browsers cannot support it.

Besides, what's so special about the UK? America's the place to be...

[BoneIdol]

At 5/20/08 04:33 PM, Anim8or666 wrote: You can have your tea, crumpets, and crickets, but please don't bring up which country is best, because it's going to end up in a flame war.
Going back to the topic, your site is really vague, and you didn't even put up examples of your work. Mentioning templates only makes you look even more amateurish, eve if you don't specialize in front end work. I also advise against a AJAX-based navigation system, because many people have javascript disabled, or their outdated browsers cannot support it.

Besides, what's so special about the UK? America's the place to be...

Hahahahaha, relax it was a poke at daily mail readers. The UK royally sucks as a place to live at the moment. Not quite as much as somewhere like Iraq, admittedly, but it still rather shitty.

I've personally never ever understand the patriotism thing. I think everywhere has it's ups and downs and going around shouting about how good your country is just annoys people.

Anyway, a cool idea I've always had for making a portfolio website would be do a sort of soft control panel; one that stored everything in cookies/sessions. So that visitors can see what your control panels will be like without inviting the whole internet to hack your website.

It could be a nifty gimic for you to play with, if you have the time and energy to implement it.

[Anim8or666]

At 5/20/08 05:44 PM, BoneIdol wrote: Anyway, a cool idea I've always had for making a portfolio website would be do a sort of soft control panel; one that stored everything in cookies/sessions. So that visitors can see what your control panels will be like without inviting the whole internet to hack your website.

It could be a nifty gimic for you to play with, if you have the time and energy to implement it.

I don't think it would be too hard... he could probably do it with PHP, and simply make it fetch cookies, without the ability to manipulate them. Gimmicks probably are the way to go... everyone uses them... Car makers, computer manufacturers, Newgrounds...