[chiPHPug-discuss] [PHP Contract Job] Work with startup in an incubator

[Sarah G. <sar...@gm...>]

Hello All,

I have a friend, Mike Fisher,  whose startup has been accepted into an early
stage accelerator for tech startups, Capital Factory (
http://www.capitalfactory.com/). They will be moving to Austin, TX for the
summer in order to take part in the program.  He has a first-version site
that has existing customers, but will be doing significant dev & UI changes
on it over the summer, with an eye for making the site more efficient and
automating many of the steps.  They are looking for a developer, either a
contract worker, or, in the words of Mike, someone who "would have a real
interest and want to become an early member of our team". So the opportunity
is there for either role.

As I haven't seen the code-base, it's unclear to me if the project would
best be served by reworking the existing code-base, or building a new one.
The team would best be served by an efficient, clean, and tested code-base,
so he's looking to find someone with an eye for architecture who would build
well-tested code.  He'd prefer someone in Austin (for that time), but would
be OK with remote if the person was a good fit. He's a nice guy and the site
is in the wedding-video space, which is quite a large market -- I imagine it
has lots of growth possibility.

Email Mike Fisher (mik...@st...) and tell him I sent you,
if you are interested in learning more.  Here's a brief description from
Mike:

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Our current site is a mixture of php, javascript, and AJAX.  Plus we use a
custom MySQL database to automatically build our ordering system,
Storyboard, dashboard, and email systems.  We also take the php code from
the Storyboard and covert it into XML for use in Final Cut (which might all
be changing due to a new version coming out).  I handle the front end of the
system using a GUI web program, which outputs a mixture of HTML, CSS, and
javascript. We are not locked into what our current developer has done but
we need to maintain the functionality to service customers.  My thought is
that we will be looking to automate as many steps in our workflow as
possible and make everything more efficient.  We also have specific areas
that we want to improve the functionality and usability.  Finally, we have
some ideas of possible iPhone apps.

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Thanks,
Sarah

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