I see a lot of these types of ads recently:

- we need a god (not just good, but a god) programmer

- must know every programming paradigm known to man

- you will be responsible for all of us making a living

- oh yeah, we are just about out of seed money since the owner’s went to that off-site in Banff

There is never any mention of the employer’s skill set.  I understand they need a good developer, but there is no mention of whether any of the owners have a clue about running a company.  There is no balance of skills/work between the employer and the employee. 

Maybe this is just the latest version of failing to outsource for cheap labor in the Far East: if we have to pay an American make sure we are getting our money’s worth.

Date: 2010-03-08, 1:18PM EST
Reply to: x@craigslist.org

Full Time PHP Developer 

(Our) specific homepages serve tens of thousands of students throughout the country and provide single-click access to email, Facebook, classes, athletics, food, news, and entertainment. We are looking for the following…

- A highly motivated person.
- An excellent working knowledge of PHP/MySQL and web application development.
- A minimum of 2 years experience in PHP development and preferably a computer science or related degree.

Proven excellence in the following technical skills:
- PHP
- MySQL (optimising/scaling)

Additional experience in the following areas would be a huge plus:
- CodeIgniter
- JavaScript (jQuery)
- Adobe Flex
- Experience building scalable web applications
- Amazon Web Services
- Apache 2.x
- Some Linux Server Administration
- Web Application Benchmarking
- Data Mining
- SVN
- Experience with APIs (Google, Twitter, Facebook Connect)

  • Location: Boston, MA
  • Compensation: Competitive + Full Health + Stock Incentives
  • Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
  • Please, no phone calls about this job!
  • Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.