Giving advice to a firm, need some of my own

4_teh_lulz · 18 days

It's likely possible, I haven't actually sat down with them and gathered their requirements. So I'm basing it off of a ground up approach.

It would be similar in scope to a site like this.

http://www.classicexhibits.com/trade-show-exhibit-design-search/

Either way, I have no time right now to do it so I want to point them in the right direction.

davidniven · 1 month

Change the word "required" to "incentivized" and I think this would be a great idea.

You then have someone who is desirable by the job market instead of someone who has been unemployed for months or years.

twisterghost · 1 month

Amazon Web Services is the way to go IMO.

Depending on the needs of your site you can get it to run for free for the first year. Free Usage

And after that it is still pretty cheap.

They also have all the other tools you would ever need as well, like CDNs, and Load Balancers integrated into the same management portal.

Backups and redundancy are also really easy to manage with their snapshot tools.

It's trivial to run an entire web operation with them.

masterted · 1 month

That's the next Facebook right there.

4_teh_lulz · 2 months

Thanks, it seems like this is the way I'll have to do about doing it.

credej · 2 months

Did you put together an RFP for it? If so, post it and I'm sure someone will be able to give you a legitimate estimate. Or possibly link to old site w/ requirements for new?

companyhen · 2 months

The honest to goodness best thing to do is to get your job posting out to a bunch of different places.

Craigslist, Monster, Indeed, etc.

You won't ever find the right applicant posting in just one place. Everyone checks different places for job postings.

You have to do the work of "wading through the mud", so to speak and find the gems.

joevaded · 2 months

Unless you want access to your servers physically for some reason I would suggest using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

For smaller sites the hosting would be totally free for an entire year. and the pricing after that is extremely competitive. Cheapest I've been able to find.

They also have Something called Simple Email Service (SES) which would allow you to do the bulk emailing you require.

wunderade · 4 months

Well that article is going to make me feel terrible after I've cheered my boys on all night to a victory.

cant_be_pun_seen · 5 months

When I tore my meniscus I was on crutches for 2 weeks.

CDanger · 5 months

Agree -- let's hope there's some corroborating evidence as well.

CDanger · 5 months

It's Windows XP On Firefox -- maybe it's possible he knows that's what his dad uses at work...

Nevertheless, good for pointing this out as you may have saved him from making a serious mistake.

4_teh_lulz · 6 months

Thanks for this!

Yea so I've been mulling over that list for a few days on the bottom of the Wikipedia page there that you linked to.

I've used WCF and MVC before and am fairly familiar with them (at work)

But since this is a side project I'm trying to avoid paying for Windows Servers or any licensing costs in general... I was hoping there were a few better open source alternatives...

Do you have experience with any of those listed? Or have you just in the past written your own implementations? What do you like least/most about them?

4_teh_lulz · 6 months

It's cool...

I think I may have confused my post a bit so ill re write it here...

I'm looking for a good framework for a RESTful API that my web apps can consume.

Right now the only one I know of with any real traction is the framework that Microsoft offers, WCF.

Ideally it's an open source framework with a strong community around it .

I've already considered writing my own but I'm trying to avoid reinventing the wheel.

4_teh_lulz · 6 months

I'm open to any RESTful framework implementation -- I say SOAP because it is what I am familiar with the most... but I am by no means stuck on it :)

Ockniel · 9 months

Because you did the first one 2 hours before you did the second

NFL_Mod · 9 months

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killthehourglass · 10 months

Put your Professional Qualifications section up to the top right under your name, then your personal qualifications.

Move your Education section to the bottom.

Header (name, address etc)

Professional Exp

Personal Exp

Job Exp

Education

4_teh_lulz · 1 year

Your goal for endurance training should be to stay weight neutral, that is calories in = calories out. No more no less. It is not uncommon for endurance athletes to gain weight while training for events as well. I suggest you pick up the book, "Endurance Sports Nutrition" and read it. It has a ton of useful information.

Edit: your body composition is quite literally mine and that book was extremely useful for me.

awoollyhat · 1 year

You're a stick figure, eat more. You aren't eating enough to sustain your workouts.

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