[cobalt-developers] Re: [OT] Job listing

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I think this is the place.  But some don't.  Where would you look for a
> Cobalt developer except on a Cobalt list? Place it in both places.
> People can't complain too much at you, you have helped us all so much.

I received this inquiry in my email today, and needed a forum to hand it 
off to. I asked for info from the requester on whether the person truly 
needs to be local, and if it's for a Qube specifically, or a generic 
platform based on the recent BSD licensing of the Qube OS.  

Please do NOT contact me about this -- I'm just forwarding it on, hoping to 
help someone out who needs a job or something.  Mr. Sill's info is at the 
end of this message.


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Sun/Cobalt Appliance Server: Can you recommend anyone for this contract 
position in the San Jose/San Francisco area?
Date: Fri Jun 13 13:38:52 2003
From: "Roger Sill" <rogersill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  (SRQ Consultants)
Reply to: <rogersill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bruce,
Found your resume on the Internet as I was searching for a person to fill 
this 6 month contract in the Palo Alto area that is north of San Jose and 
south of San Francisco.  I see you have full time employment and out of 
the local area for this position, so I didn't think you would be 
interested in it, but maybe someone you know would be.  Because of the 
contract price my customer is looking for a mid-level programmer.  I have 
included the job description below.

Since you were in contact with many people that used and programmed the 
Sun/Cobalt appliances, I thought maybe you had some business acquaintances 
that might be looking for work currently, located in the Bay Area, and 
would benefit from this work.

I hope to be of help to someone you know.

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JOB REQ Description 

Contract rate: $30/hr on an independent contractor basis. (This is about 
equivalent to being paid $25/hr if it was a W-2 employee status position. 
If you need any additional explanation as to what an independent 
contractor means, I would be glad to explain.) 

Location: Palo Alto area 

Contract length: 6 months 

Description: Develop SW modules for installation and testing of the 
modifications to the Sun/Cobalt appliance. 

Please detail the skills below in your resume as to how you used them, if 
you have used them:

   1. Experience working with Sun Control Station Developer 
   2. Java applet programming, JSP. 
   3. Use of IPMI and ACPI management interfaces 
   4. Jakarta/Struts experience 
   5. Perl Scripting (both general purpose scripts and CGI scripts) 
   6. Write scripts to 'screen scrape' and interact with serial/telnet
      sessions 
   7. Linux OS experience 
   8. Experience with Telnet protocol/terminal emulation (Telnet.pm perl
      module use a bonus)

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Bruce,
Thanks for your quick reply and thanks also for posting it on
some of your Cobalt lists and websites - I hope this will help
someone looking for some good work.

Although it doesn't have to be someone local, my customer always
has in-person interviews, so that usually limits it to someone
having a household and permanently located in the Bay Area.  The
contract rate is very low, so they are looking for a mid-level
person, since a senior level person would need more.

The position is not related to the BSD licensing.  I do not know
if it is for the Qube platform, but I will guess that it is
because, I am guessing, that they are expanding capabilities (or
doing something like it) in the Sun Control Station Developer.

Thanks, 
Roger Sill
Phone/Fax: 408-926-6212
Mobile: 408-386-8790

SRQ Consultants LLC
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