The original Job Posting. I had an interview, but withdrew my application before the second interview.
The lead developer seemed like a pretty awesome guy to work with, but I’m interested in being in a more collaborative environment, and I’ve had continued freelance work to keep me busy enough.

In a land before time… a girl — two girls — now more than ever… wait, wrong job listing.

Languages and Environments
HTML + CSS: Because Mama didn’t raise you to format with tables.
Javascript: “He’s been using Brand X.”
“The Standards” – LAMP or MAMP: If you don’t know, don’t ask.

Development Skills
OO: The CS Rorschach Test.
Simple Schema Design: Plans within Plans.
AJAX: Used for more than cleaning kitchens and cutting drugs.
MVC: No, it’s not a Modern Venetian Constable (experience with CakePHP would be valuable).

Powers… You Have Them!
If asked, should be able to design a fully-functional pizza ordering form, complete with backend.
If asked, should be able to propose a design for Tetris entirely in CSS, HTML, and Javascript (bonus points for real-time multiplayer Tetris that automatically orders a free pizza for the winner).
If asked, should be able to persuasively defend choice of operating systems, email clients, and online shopping destinations.

Applicants must provide a resumé, links to example projects (school assignments accepted), and a brief explanation, in your own words, of the philosophical differences between jQuery and Prototype.

Athens preferred. Atlanta accepted.

My response.

MAMP developer here. Literally just moved to Athens to follow my fiance.

I’ll keep this rather informal. I’ve worked on short-term contracts with several web-design agencies in Columbus, Ohio for some decent sized clients.
Most of my work has been in the Custom CMS / WordPress land, with several larger E-Commerce sites.

Re: Your questions. I LOVE it when I get to use the < table > tag for actual tabular data. I also love it when I get to use < dl > for an actual definition list.
My resume and portfolio are linked below.

If you want to ask me any of your questions, I’d be happy to answer them.
- No problem on the Pizza Ordering
- Why not make it a mobile app. Or augmented reality Tetris.
- Mac OSX / Ubuntu, PINE for email (kidding), and I’m a partner in a company that created our own online shopping destination for independent record stores
to allow customers to buy online and pick-up in-store, because I believe that you can’t be a fan of boutique stores and a fan of insound.com
(It’s http://sellwithboutique.com/ )

I’m most experienced with Jquery, YUI, Mootools, and Prototype, extJS (in that order)
From my experience, the most important skill is to choose the right tool for job.
Either for technical reasons, framework compatibility or just to stick with what’s been in use.

In three words, the philosophical difference of how Protoype is different than JQuery: extending the DOM.
The very real problem is collisions, if a property you try to overwrite is already part of some browsers DOM, and how the error may or may not be handled.
I won’t go further, as I’d just start ranting.

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