We just posted this to Craig’s List, but I figure we might as well get it up here, too. We’re looking to hire a web application developer. Our work load is expanding pretty rapidly and it’s time to bring on someone new to help us grow. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you have a pretty good idea of the work that we do and how we roll. We’d really appreciate you forwarding this post on to anybody you know who might be a good fit.
Zetetic is a talented software development consultancy looking for a new teammate. We’re searching for a full-time developer to help us build and maintain client systems and our own applications (our newest product is Tempo, a time-tracking service).
The person we’re looking for has a couple of years experience and work to show off in a personal or professional portfolio. We need a developer with a passion for solving interesting problems.
Basic requirements:
- A foundation in SQL and relational databases (such as: PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL)
- Having either built or contributed to a Ruby on Rails or .NET application (with a desire to pick up Ruby)
- An understanding of object-oriented programming
- Working knowledge of CSS and Javascript
- Great verbal and Internet communication skills
- Self-motivation and an unflappably positive attitude
- Comfortable working with command line interfaces
To apply send us your resume and a brief cover letter explaining your interest and relevant experience.
E-mail us at support@zetetic.net.
Ruby/LDAP is a useful ruby library that allows you to connect to and manipulate LDAP directories like OpenLDAP and Active Directory. Unfortunately
- the library isn’t distributed as a gem; and
- depends on native LDAP libraries for its operation
This puts it out of reach for many ruby developers deploying to a Windows environment without an installed C compiler. In the past I’ve leaned on a few good Samaritans that posted pre-compiled versions, but unfortunately most of these have either been taken down or are really old.
So, in desperate need of an install on a new windows VM I just built it from source. If you trust our binaries you can download the gem-ified ruby-ldap build based on the latest 0.9.7 release and compiled using Visual Studio 2008.
unzip ldap-0.9.7-mswin32.gem.zip
gem install ldap-0.9.7-mswin32.gem
I’ve tested this on a few boxes, though your mileage may vary.
As I’ve written here before, we’re really big fans of the efficiency and simplicity of command lines here at Zetetic. We actively use them at points in the PingMe and Tempo are considering expanding our use of them, in particular to include Graphical Keyboard User Interfaces.
So, some interesting reading:
ANYTHING is possible in PL/SQL.
While I’m waiting for my Windows VM to reboot, just figured I’d mention that Oracle’s free tool SQL Developer totally rocks. And it supports MySQL for you geeks out there (POSTGRES 4EVA!!!!!)
It makes coding and testing complex PL/SQL fairly painless. It’s built on Java and runs on Mac OS X beautifully.