NOTE TO JOB POSTERS

So as not to detract from this post with a comment about specific job announcement, commenting to you offlist, via Drupal.org contact.

Okay, one can't post a comment to a Job post. Learn something new everyday.

Using items from Kelly's post, but trying to keep this related to Greta's post, so that's it applicable to all job posters*:

• Your asking for one person to be both front-end and backend.

They are different mindsets, and rarely overlap in the same individual, and if someone says they are both, run. (Okay, I'm sure there is that one in a million, but I've yet to see anyone who can tune an SQL query and make spinning, bouncing baby widgets with JQuerry.)

• "Please note: This is NOT the official job announcement. You may receive and invitation to officially apply for the job at a later time."

You get one shot for your item to be read. You told everyone to not bother. Edits after the fact don't get it re-read. And I don't know how to put it politely, "You may receive an invitation..." is snobbery (and amusingly syntactically wrong, especially coming from a highly literate employer).

tldr: 1) Don't post until you can take resumes. 2) Have two separate people edit your job rec.

• 37.5 hours a week?

Will it bother you that I'm working other job(s) as well? I understand from your point of view this is a benefit, and yes, I've been a consultant since the mid-90s, so I'm probably not of the proper 'perm' mindset, but you're telling me that, "the pay sucks, cause we aren't asking you to work much."

• Wanting a Senior developer in a city of 400,000.

This isn't specific to Kelly's post, but unless there are nice amenities within usable distance, you're not going to get top notch respondents.

• Wanting someone who has churned out Drupal sites for years on end for ~$80k/yr.

Taken. They get $90 an hour in New York. That's $180K/year if they only work 40 hours per week. Many senior developers I know, farm out living BS (laundry, cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, etc.) and work an extra 10 hours or 20 hours a week ($225k/yr and $270k/yr). It's not hard to fit the odd hour, or two, in after the kids are in bed or before the spouse gets up in the morning.

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The first and last two items are probably why you aren't getting qualified applicants. It's not to say you can't fill the job rec, but it will take awhile to find the person who has the skills, who doesn't want the pay scale they can get somewhere else.

All the best to you,
Sam

• Hey David, want to create a wiki page for stuff like this? "Pros / Cons for various styles of Job Posting?"

Hi Kabarca,

Yeah, unfortunately not being US or western Europe based will squish your rate. Nothing wrong with living there, but your fellow country persons won't demand the rate US based employees demand, so you're fighting an uphill battle to achieve parity.

As one tip on your point #2, I when I'm on the other side of the table, I always ask for a drupal.org username to be submitted with the application. Makes it very easy to filter out the cruft.

Best,
Sam