From andyfrommk at gmail.com Tue Oct 11 13:36:49 2011 From: andyfrommk at gmail.com (Andy Selby) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:36:49 +0100 Subject: Meeting: Tuesday 18th of October Message-ID: The Perl Mongers meeting is a week away As ever, it will be held at the Wetherspoons pub, near the railway station (not the one in the snow dome), next door to Chiquitos: http://osm.org/go/eu4qJDHoE-- Starting from 7pm, and going on till the last people stumble off home. We usually inhabit one of the two large tables infront of the curved benches in front of the bar. Feel free to bring your $perl_running_device along if you want a hand/to show off. From javaad.rasool at net-a-porter.com Thu Oct 13 03:36:08 2011 From: javaad.rasool at net-a-porter.com (Javaad Rasool) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:36:08 +0100 Subject: NET-A-PORTER GROUP LTD - Wanted!!! Perl Developers of all levels...... Message-ID: Hi All, I am delighted to announce that the NET-A-PORTER GROUP LTD are the proud sponsors of the London Perl Workshop and as we are still growing our Perl team significantly we have openings from junior through to senior developer level; I've attached a sample spec below to illustrate the technologies that we use here. If you're interested in finding out more about careers with us please feel free to contact me directly or ask the team themselves; many of our developers are active in the community. Junior/Mid/Senior/Perl Developers What we have to offer is unique; you will be joining a truly Agile team embedded within the business; this is an opportunity to establish a close relationship with our product owners and users and make a real difference in a fast-paced pure-play retail environment. Our leading edge infrastructure allows us to deliver value to our business every iteration, which means you will immediately be able to contribute and make an positive impact to our business. Our success means we are looking for the best software developers to take our platform and product forward. In return you will be exposed to the latest technologies, frameworks & methodologies in application development. NET-A-PORTER.COM launched in June 2000 and has since successfully established itself as the world's premier luxury online fashion retailer. With its acclaimed editorial format, express worldwide shipping to 170 countries, luxurious packaging and easy returns, NET-A-PORTER offers an unparalleled shopping experience. NET-A-PORTER.COM is the flagship brand from the NET-A-PORTER group which comprises theOutnet.com, the most fashionable fashion outlet, and MRPORTER.COM, the global men's style destination. "Net-a-porter has revolutionised the way we buy designer clothes." Vogue UK ________________________________ The Role: * Work closely with other team members and the Business Analysis, Project * Management, QA and Technical Operations teams * Develop a good understanding of business requirements * Write technical specs * Ensure that work is well-planned, estimated, implemented, tested, and documented * Build high quality web applications * Provide 3rd line support of production systems (in-hours) * Identify and help plan improvements to systems * Review other team member's work * Mentor junior members of the team * Keep up with industry trends and experiment with new tools, technologies & development methods with a * view to adopting best practices that fit the business Required Skills & Experience: * Able to investigate & trouble-shoot technical issues * Able to rapidly and effectively context-switch * Operating Systems: Linux & Windows * Server-side development in Perl * SQL/RDBMS * HTML, CSS & Javascript * Version control systems Desirable Skills & Experience: Experience of any of the following will be useful but training will be provided to the right candidate. * Able to build high-quality web applications * Able to develop web-based web-based user interfaces (HTML, CSS) & APIs (JSON & XML) * Knowledge of CPAN modules and frameworks, particularly: * DBI, DBIx::Class, Catalyst, Template Toolkit and Moose * Experience building and testing high-availability applications * Understanding of: * Perl & Linux conventions * Perl testing frameworks * Refactoring * SQL (ideally Postgres / MySQL) * Version Control Systems (SVN, SVK, P4, VSS, Git etc) * Apache/FCGI & mod_perl * Exposure to: * AJAX & Javascript, & JS frameworks (jQuery, YUI) * Agile development methodologies * Message queues (ideally ActiveMQ) * Some knowledge of Java would be useful We are looking for candidates that: * Are passionate about software development * Are good communicators with good writing skills * Have a healthy dose of common sense and initiative * Have a great sense of humour and attitude Location: This role is based in our Head Office in London - W12. ________________________________ To Apply: Please visit our website NO AGENCIES PLEASE Thanks Javaad Rasool Senior Technical Recruiter NET-A-PORTER Group Limited 1 The Village Offices Westfield London, Ariel Way London W12 7GF Tel: 0203 471 4500 Fax: 0203 471 4599 http://www.net-a-porter.com/careers Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail NET-A-PORTER.COM Irresistible fashion at your fingertips CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate the information. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Net a Porter Ltd. Net A Porter Ltd is a company registered in England & Wales Number: 3820604 Registered Office: 1 The Village Offices, Westfield, Ariel Way, London, W12 7GF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 1649 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 4496 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On 11 October 2011 21:36, Andy Selby wrote: > The Perl Mongers meeting is a week away > > As ever, it will be held at the Wetherspoons pub, near the railway > station (not the one in the snow dome), next door to Chiquitos: > > http://osm.org/go/eu4qJDHoE-- > > Starting from 7pm, and going on till the last people stumble off home. > We usually inhabit one of the two large tables infront of the curved > benches in front of the bar. > Feel free to bring your $perl_running_device along if you want a hand/to > show off. > From tony.edwardson at me.com Wed Oct 26 01:01:09 2011 From: tony.edwardson at me.com (Tony Edwardson) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:01:09 +0100 Subject: The Programmers Hierarchy Message-ID: Someone sent me this today -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It is likely to be well paid and interesting. Skills needed are OO Perl pref Moose, XML, Unix (Solaris) and RDBMS (Oracle) Anyone free at the moment who would fancy doing something different. Yoiu would need to be available pretty quickly Location is Aldgate which takes me about 1 hour dor to door from MK Tony 07712 100283 From robbiebow at gmail.com Fri Oct 28 05:31:18 2011 From: robbiebow at gmail.com (Robbie Bow) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:31:18 +0100 Subject: Anyone available to do some interesting work in the City for a few weeks ? In-Reply-To: <3EA72F1A-0905-420C-983E-90ADB360DB18@me.com> References: <3EA72F1A-0905-420C-983E-90ADB360DB18@me.com> Message-ID: Hi Tony I can do part-time (2 days a week) either teleworking or on site if that's of interest? Robbie On 28 October 2011 11:19, Tony Edwardson wrote: > Hi > > We are due to go live in 4 weeks and I have become snowed under with > various technical problems and would like to get some help. > This is similar to last year when Denny came in to help for a month. > It is likely to be well paid and interesting. > Skills needed are OO Perl pref Moose, XML, Unix (Solaris) and RDBMS > (Oracle) > > Anyone free at the moment who would fancy doing something different. > Yoiu would need to be available pretty quickly > Location is Aldgate which takes me about 1 hour dor to door from MK > > Tony > > 07712 100283 > _______________________________________________ > MiltonKeynes-pm mailing list > MiltonKeynes-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/miltonkeynes-pm > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: