From bmathis at directedge.com Tue Oct 2 08:14:58 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] [Perl Jobs] Data Reduction Software Engineer (onsite), U.S.A., Hawaii, Hilo (fwd) Message-ID: Online URL for this job: http://jobs.perl.org/job/123 To subscribe to this list, send mail to jobs-subscribe@perl.org. To unsubscribe, send mail to jobs-unsubscribe@perl.org. Posted: October 1, 2001 Job title: Data Reduction Software Engineer Company name: Joint Astronomy Centre Internal ID: REC ID #21495-perl Location: U.S.A., Hawaii, Hilo Terms of employment: Salaried employee Length of employment: Three years Hours: Full time Onsite: yes Description: The Joint Astronomy Centre operates two of the world's major telescopes near the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii: the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). UKIRT is the world's leading telescope dedicated to work in the near and thermal-infrared, and will play a major role in supporting the UK and international astronomical communities in the era of 8-metre telescopes. The JCMT is supported by a range of state-of-the-art instrumentation, including SCUBA and a range of SIS heterodyne receivers covering most of the submillimetre spectral region. Future projects under construction include the provision of a 16-element heterodyne array with a new digital spectrometer and a next-generation continuum wide-field camera (SCUBA-2). Most of this work is carried out in collaboration with "well-found" laboratories in the UK, Canada and the Netherlands. This is a limited term appointment of three years. Duties: Act as the primary contact for inquiries about JCMT data reduction software. Work with the software group to fix bugs, add features, write new scripts, and upgrade and maintain existing software. Provide software and support to investigate data quality, calibration and telescope performance. Investigate new image processing algorithms. Required skills: Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Astronomy, Image processing or related field from an accredited college or university. An equivalent level of experience and/or other postgraduate training is acceptable. In exceptional cases, it might be permissible to be in the final stages of writing-up a thesis; minimum of two (2) years experience in image processing and/or astronomical data reduction software. Good working knowledge of UNIX. Familiarity with at least one of the following: Perl, Tcl/Tk, Glish or similar scripting languages. Ability to support software written in a traditional programming language such as C or Fortran. Good oral and written communication skills. Excellent programming and problem solving skills using scripting and other high level languages Must pass a high-altitude medical examination and be able to work at 14,000 feet. Desired skills: Masters Degree in Computer Science, Astronomy, Image processing or related field. Formal education in software development. Detailed knowledge of modern astronomical observing methods and data reduction techniques, particularly those specific to submillimetre data. Experience with SURF, AIPS++, and other astronomical data reduction packages. Experience of the Starlink Software Collection and its programming environment. Knowledge and experience of the Java programming languages and object-oriented methods. Experience with databases and SQL. URL for more information: http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/JAClocal/employent%20opportunities Contact information: For further details of requirements, duties etc. go to http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/JAClocal/employent opportunities or call Tim Jenness at 808-969-6553. Send cover letter (note ID #21496-perl) with narrative on your qualifications for the position, resume with salary history, the names and phone numbers of three work related references, and copy(ies) of diploma(s) and/or certificate(s) used to qualify for position to the Director of Human Resources, Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii, 2530 Dole Street, Sakamaki Hall D-100, Honolulu, HI 96822, FAX 808-956-5022. Emailed resume packets may also be submitted via www.CareerGiant.com. Closing Date: 31 October 2001. EEO/AA Employer. -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From bmathis at directedge.com Tue Oct 2 15:10:45 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Accessing windows time format? Message-ID: For all the Windows Perlers out there, I'm trying to modify a registry setting which contains what I think is a windows time format value. I've been looking through the Win32 docs, but I can't find anything that seems to handle this. Are there any functions that allow you to access time/date of such a value? Thanks -- Brian Mathis Direct Edge http://www.directedge.com -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From dkalweit at nesfiles.com Tue Oct 2 19:31:59 2001 From: dkalweit at nesfiles.com (Derek J. Kalweit) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Accessing windows time format? Message-ID: Brian: The Win32 registry only allows DWORD, STRING, and BINARY data. Any date/time in the registry is either stored as a DWORD or a string-- both as defined in the application that made the registry entry. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Mathis [mailto:bmathis@directedge.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 4:11 PM > To: rochester-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org > Subject: [roch-pm] Accessing windows time format? > > > For all the Windows Perlers out there, I'm trying to modify a registry > setting which contains what I think is a windows time format > value. I've > been looking through the Win32 docs, but I can't find > anything that seems > to handle this. > > Are there any functions that allow you to access time/date of such a > value? > > Thanks > > -- > Brian Mathis > Direct Edge > http://www.directedge.com > > > -- > For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit > http://rochester.pm.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/archives/rochester-pm/attachments/20011002/d3100023/attachment.htm From bmathis at directedge.com Wed Oct 3 12:18:50 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Accessing windows time format? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Derek J. Kalweit wrote: > Brian: > The Win32 registry only allows DWORD, STRING, and BINARY data. Any > date/time in the registry is either stored as a DWORD or a string-- both > as defined in the application that made the registry entry. > Thanks for the response. The reg key type is BINARY. I'm assuming that windows acts similar to UNIX in that the time is a great big number that you can run through some magic functions to convert it to a human readable version. Do you know if this is a correct assumption? If so, do you know the magic function? My goal is to be able to convert to human readable format, twiddle the date, then convert it back and store back in the registry. -- Brian Mathis Direct Edge http://www.directedge.com -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From dkalweit at nesfiles.com Wed Oct 3 22:49:19 2001 From: dkalweit at nesfiles.com (Derek J. Kalweit) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Accessing windows time format? Message-ID: Brian: Depends on the program that created the registry entry. It could be a FILETIME structure, SYSTEMTIME structure, large integer indicating seconds/ms past a specific date in 1970(I don't remember off-hand which one), a proprietary structure/value, etc. You also can't be sure if the time is GMT, local time, or adjusted local time(daylight savings time). Date/time stuff is EXTREMELY extensive in Win32-- it can be a major headache. Is the registry entry you're looking to read/write a system entry, or something created by another program? A path/value may be helpful in determining what it is... > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Mathis [mailto:bmathis@directedge.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:19 PM > To: rochester-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org > Subject: RE: [roch-pm] Accessing windows time format? > > > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Derek J. Kalweit wrote: > > Brian: > > The Win32 registry only allows DWORD, STRING, and BINARY data. Any > > date/time in the registry is either stored as a DWORD or a > string-- both > > as defined in the application that made the registry entry. > > > > Thanks for the response. > > The reg key type is BINARY. I'm assuming that windows acts similar to > UNIX in that the time is a great big number that you can run > through some > magic functions to convert it to a human readable version. > Do you know if > this is a correct assumption? If so, do you know the magic function? > > My goal is to be able to convert to human readable format, twiddle the > date, then convert it back and store back in the registry. > > -- > Brian Mathis > Direct Edge > http://www.directedge.com > > -- > For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit > http://rochester.pm.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Derek J. Kalweit wrote: > Brian: > Depends on the program that created the registry entry. It could > be a FILETIME structure, SYSTEMTIME structure, large integer indicating > seconds/ms past a specific date in 1970(I don't remember off-hand which > one), a proprietary structure/value, etc. You also can't be sure if the > time is GMT, local time, or adjusted local time(daylight savings time). > Date/time stuff is EXTREMELY extensive in Win32-- it can be a major > headache. > Is the registry entry you're looking to read/write a system > entry, or something created by another program? A path/value may be > helpful in determining what it is... The key is created by an application. I know what the value decodes to, it just doesn't show up that way in the registry. My plan is to run the value through whatever functions convert time, then see which one returns the right value. Here's the key and values: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\InoculateIT\GetBBS\CurrentVersion] "NextDownload"=hex:00,a0,f3,f3,d8,63,c1,01 "LastDownload"=hex:00,da,25,ca,36,4b,c1,01 the "NextDownload" key is 11/02/2001 8:00PM in human time. I can tell this by looking at the Options dialog box on the software. Even if it is one of those time types, how do you access these functions in Perl? I've been doing all my Perling on UNIX. I didn't see a module, so is it some type of OLE (or something) thing? -- Brian Mathis Direct Edge http://www.directedge.com -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From dkalweit at nesfiles.com Fri Oct 5 17:32:33 2001 From: dkalweit at nesfiles.com (Derek J. Kalweit) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Accessing windows time format? Message-ID: Brian: I'm not sure... I can't seem to make that data work by filling in any known win32 time-related structures, or by converting it to a large number indicating a time(not even by flipping the bit-ordering). With more known values, it may be easier to decipher... All Win32 structures are defined in full in the MSDN library(searchable on-line at http://msdn.microsoft.com/). Win32 API calls are documented in full in the same place. As to how to call this from Perl, I'm not sure. I used Perl a bit on *nix, but I've only barely touched ActivePerl on Win32... I would hope there would be a module you could call win32 functions through-- or at least one you can use COM objects, in which case you can create a simple COM object in VC++ or even VB to wrap the win32 API functions you need. It would probably be easier to directly manipulate the binary, if you can decipher it... > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Mathis [mailto:bmathis@directedge.com] > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 5:21 PM > To: rochester-pm-list@happyfunball.pm.org > Subject: RE: [roch-pm] Accessing windows time format? > > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Derek J. Kalweit wrote: > > > Brian: > > Depends on the program that created the registry entry. It could > > be a FILETIME structure, SYSTEMTIME structure, large > integer indicating > > seconds/ms past a specific date in 1970(I don't remember > off-hand which > > one), a proprietary structure/value, etc. You also can't be > sure if the > > time is GMT, local time, or adjusted local time(daylight > savings time). > > Date/time stuff is EXTREMELY extensive in Win32-- it can be a major > > headache. > > Is the registry entry you're looking to read/write a system > > entry, or something created by another program? A path/value may be > > helpful in determining what it is... > > > The key is created by an application. I know what the value > decodes to, > it just doesn't show up that way in the registry. My plan is > to run the > value through whatever functions convert time, then see which > one returns > the right value. > > Here's the key and values: > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\InoculateIT\Ge > tBBS\CurrentVersion] > "NextDownload"=hex:00,a0,f3,f3,d8,63,c1,01 > "LastDownload"=hex:00,da,25,ca,36,4b,c1,01 > > the "NextDownload" key is 11/02/2001 8:00PM in human time. I can tell > this by looking at the Options dialog box on the software. > > Even if it is one of those time types, how do you access > these functions > in Perl? I've been doing all my Perling on UNIX. I didn't > see a module, > so is it some type of OLE (or something) thing? > > -- > Brian Mathis > Direct Edge > http://www.directedge.com > > -- > For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit > http://rochester.pm.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/archives/rochester-pm/attachments/20011005/9f4ab351/attachment.htm From bmathis at directedge.com Mon Oct 8 15:38:16 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Accessing windows time format? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Derek J. Kalweit wrote: > Brian: > I'm not sure... I can't seem to make that data work by filling in > any known win32 time-related structures, or by converting it to a large > number indicating a time(not even by flipping the bit-ordering). With > more known values, it may be easier to decipher... > All Win32 structures are defined in full in the MSDN > library(searchable on-line at http://msdn.microsoft.com/). Win32 API > calls are documented in full in the same place. As to how to call this > from Perl, I'm not sure. I used Perl a bit on *nix, but I've only barely > touched ActivePerl on Win32... I would hope there would be a module you > could call win32 functions through-- or at least one you can use COM > objects, in which case you can create a simple COM object in VC++ or > even VB to wrap the win32 API functions you need. It would probably be > easier to directly manipulate the binary, if you can decipher it... I was halfway through trying to decipher it, and then the vendor released a patch for the problem we were trying to hack around. :) I guess that's the way things go. 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Ahbijit Menon-Sen has done a grand job bringing you the summary, including all the work on testing from chromatic, Why Artur Thinks Attributes Are Broken, and many other exciting and interesting things... http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/10/p5pdigest/20011010.html A few weeks ago, we looked at my Mail::Audit module for filtering email. I'd be the first to admit that, while this is great for filtering personal email accounts, it's not the thing you want to use when you're filtering incoming mail for an entire site. For that sort of thing, you need Perl support built into the incoming mail daemon. That's precisely what ActiveState's PerlMx product provides, and it's exactly what this week's feature article covers. 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Brian ================= From: David Nelson Hello, We are looking to hire a few talented individuals to work with us on an independent contractor (telecommute) basis who have these skills: -Perl: understanding of basic data structures, logic, references, etc. -OO Perl: Preferably the ability to write your own objects, but at least be able to use an existing objects API -CGI: All aspects of CGI.pm -DBI -SQL -LWP -can write clean, maintainable code, using strict and warn -At least three years experience programming in a real CGI environment used by at least a few thousand people a month Pluses (ordered by importance): -mod_perl -know how to use Perl's taint option -Javascript -Internet Marketing Knowledge: search engines, PPC search engines, ezines, how to establish and grow a customer base, etc. -CSS -Photoshop -XML -Java, C, C++ (not terribly important, but still a plus) Please send the URL to your resume as well as code samples that illustrate your skills, along with your wage requirement. We prefer that your skills are certified by www.brainbench.com or an equivalent certification authority. The positions we have available do not include benefits, as you will be working as an independent contractor. Thank you for your interest, Regards, David Nelson Link Yours Internet Software http://www.linkyours.com - david@linkyours.com -- Brian Mathis Direct Edge http://www.directedge.com -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From bmathis at directedge.com Wed Oct 17 10:12:24 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Meeting tonight! Message-ID: Hello everyone, It's been a while, but it's time for another meeting! Sorry for the short notice, but the meeting is tonight at UofR, in the usual meeting place. For directions on how to get there, take a look at: http://rochester.pm.org/meetings.html Hope to see you there! -- Brian Mathis Direct Edge http://www.directedge.com -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From bmathis at directedge.com Fri Oct 19 08:18:16 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] [Perl Jobs] MySQL/CGI for Search Engine (telecommute), U.S., Florida, Pompano Beach (fwd) Message-ID: Online URL for this job: http://jobs.perl.org/job/133 To subscribe to this list, send mail to jobs-subscribe@perl.org. To unsubscribe, send mail to jobs-unsubscribe@perl.org. Posted: October 18, 2001 Job title: MySQL/CGI for Search Engine Company name: HomeImprovementCompanies.com Location: U.S., Florida, Pompano Beach Pay rate: based on experience Travel: 0% Terms of employment: Independent contractor (hourly) Length of employment: 3 mo to permanent Hours: Flexible Onsite: no Description: We are looking for a senior developer with experience using UNIX (FreeBSD 4.2 STABLE), MySQL and Apache (v. 1.3.14). The current project includes the creation of a zip code database, which include an interface for adding, deleteing and modifying entries through an CGI interface. This database will also require a CGI interface for users to search. At this time, we are hoping to find someone who will be willing and able to work with us on a full-time basis. However, a contractor will suffice. Required skills: Perl, intimate knowledge of UNIX, Apache, MySQL Desired skills: Solid background in UI design, firm grasp of billing system design and implementation, familiarity with FreeBSD a plus Contact information: EvanKusch@HomeImprovementCompanies.com -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From bmathis at directedge.com Fri Oct 19 08:18:57 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] Perl.com Newsletter: E-commerce with Apache and mod_perl (fwd) Message-ID: Perl.com update -------------------------------------- The Email for www.perl.com Subscribers =========================================================== Sponsored by NuSphere Has your business outgrown Microsoft Access? Then it’s time to move to NuSphere MySQL Advantage. With row-level locking, ACID transactions, crash recovery and more, your database application can scale to meet the needs of your business. Check out our whitepaper, Migrating from Microsoft Access to MySQL and then get the NuSphere MySQL Advantage. http://www.nusphere.com/products/access2mysql.pdf =========================================================== Hello, world! This is Simon Cozens, managing editor of www.perl.com, here to bring you the week's news and developments both in the Perl world and on our own site. * Perl at large. Damian Conway's been busy again... or should I say, as usual. This week, he released his new module, Class::Delegation. This provides a different style of object-oriented inheritance: instead of telling Perl that a parent class provides all the undefined functionality of your class, you encapsulate the parent class inside your object, and delegate the undefined methods through it. While it's conceptually similar to the inheritance you know and love, it allows you much more flexibility over what a parent class can and cannot do and how it should do it. He's also apparently pretty close to finishing his Lingua::tlhInganHol::yIghun module. I'm never sure whether this is good or bad. Or both. http://yetanother.org/damian/diary_October_2001.html#day_15 http://search.cpan.org/doc/DCONWAY/Class-Delegation-1.00/lib/Class/Delegatio n.pm Oracle is making Perl a "first-class citizen" in their Oracle9iAS database application server by shipping mod_perl and DBI support as standard. About time, but "first-class citizen"? Bah. Perl's been first-class for a lot longer than Java and all these other new kids on the block. http://technet.oracle.com/products/ias/daily/oct04.html And finally... fed up with Active Server Pages and Java Server Pages? Turnabout is fair play. http://www.ddj.com/articles/2001/0108/0108g/0108g.htm http://psp.sourceforge.net/ * What's new on perl.com Our feature article comes from Perrin Harkins, who gave a talk at ApacheCon 2001 on his involvement with eToys; his article explains how he set up the eToys site and what goes into making a large, scalable e-commerce system based around Apache and mod_perl http://perl.com/pub/a/2001/10/17/etoys.html Enjoy, SC ============================================================= Sponsored by Macromedia FREE TRIAL: DEVELOP AND DEPLOY J2EE COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS QUICKLY! Macromedia JRun 3.1 - with speed, ease-of-use, scalability, and high performance - empowers you to build powerful J2EE compatible Java applications with Java Servlets, JSP, and EJBs. 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Macromedia JRun 3.1 - with speed, ease-of-use, scalability, and high performance - empowers you to build powerful J2EE compatible Java applications with Java Servlets, JSP, and EJBs. TRY JRUN FOR FREE at: http://www.oreillynet.com/nlr/10/macromedia/jrun ============================================================= Hello, world! This is Simon Cozens, managing editor of www.perl.com, here to bring you the week's news and developments both in the Perl world and on our own site. * Perl at large. One of the reasons why Java has been something of a success, argues Leon Brocard, is that it has a defined standard way of developing enterprise applications - J2EE. Why hasn't Perl? Well, Leon is trying to bring us one, and has set up the P5EE mailing list to talk about Perl 5 Enterprise Extensions: standardised APIs for common programming tasks. CPAN gives us the "common programming tasks", but is somewhat lacking in the "standardised APIs" department. Nice work, Leon, and good luck: http://use.perl.org/journal.pl?op=display&uid=189&id=1059 p5ee-subscribe@perl.org Graham Barr has recently released an update to his extremely important libnet suite of modules, which fixes up some long-standing bugs. Since libnet is now in the Perl core, this will be picked up in time for Perl 5.6.2. (Sorry, I have no details on when 5.6.2 is likely to be...) http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=libnet And finally, Kirrily Robert - better known as "Skud" - has recently produced a fantastically useful piece of documentation called "perlintro". As its name suggests, it's an introduction to Perl; it's quite fast-paced, but an excellent overview for people who've programmed before. Print it out! Give it to all your friends who don't program Perl! No, hang on, why would you have friends that don't program Perl...? http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2001-10/msg00684.html * What's new on perl.com We've recently brought you lots of articles about Perl 6, but they've all been from the big shots: Larry and Damian. What do ordinary Perl programmers think about the changes being proposed to the language? We asked Piers Cawley to look over the recent Apocalypse, and give us his impressions. While he admits that there's been some opposition from his colleagues at London Perl Mongers, Piers himself is pretty delighted, and he wants to tell you why. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/10/23/damians.html/ Enjoy, SC ====================================================================== The O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services Conference Inventing the Post-Web World November 5-8, Washington, DC, The Westin Grand Register by noon on November 1 and save $100! 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(Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer) We have multiple openings, all located in mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles. We're looking for people for both our Ticketmaster.com and citysearch.com development teams. *************************************************************** Title: Senior Engineer and Software Engineer Positions Location: Los Angeles (mid-Wilshire), California Company: Ticketmaster Corporation Contact: techjobs@ticketmaster.com Note: You will be applying to the corporate recruiting department (not a contingency agency). *************************************************************** Only those candidates with skills outlined will be considered for this position. Please include the following code in the subject of your email depending upon which position you are applying to. Senior Engineer: 506 Software Engineer: 507 *************************************************************** General Characteristics: Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for core, back-end technology development including, but not limited to, the design/architecture of new solutions, the refinement of existing code, and the optimization/acceleration of dynamic web content through caching. Organizational Culture: Ticketmaster is a fast growth company. Candidate must thrive in a fast-paced, ever changing, entrepreneurial environment. Individual must be able to work independently as well as collaboratively. Must be resourceful and be able to understand the full breadth of how the company works together. Individual must be a creative thinker, confident and able to express ideas in an articulate, well thought out manner. Ability to multi-task and prioritize deadlines is a must. Workflow: Develop core back-end technologies, primarily mod_perl development utilizing both perl and C, for a leading, high-volume web organization. As part of development group, you will work closely with your team members, the templating/HTML programming group (HTML and Template Toolkit), and the UI/Strategy group. You will be responsible for integrating new functionality into our existing code base as well as aiding in the architecture, design, and implementation of new core technologies. *************************************************************** SENIOR ENGINEER *************************************************************** Essential Functions: Coding/Development: 65% C/Perl/mod_perl development in a Linux/UNIX environment, potential for some Java development. Design: Approx. 20% design of new systems and architecture. Troubleshooting: 10% troubleshooting Leadership Experience: 5% Guiding/mentoring more junior members. Required Experience: - 4+ yrs. experience - HTML - Apache Web Server - mod_perl - C/C++ programming - strong Linux or Unix background. - experience accelerating dynamic web content through caching - OO perl experience - RDBMS experience - Experience as team/project lead Preferred Experience: -Strong proficiency with RDMS systems (Oracle and mySQL ideal) -Java experience/exposure -Experience with mentoring/training of junior members Positives: Great opportunity to work in a premier development team in a large-scale, extremely high volume, web development environment. *************************************************************** SOFTWARE ENGINEER *************************************************************** Essential Functions: Design, develop and maintain portions of the Ticketmaster Online web site. General functions performed include: Coding and development: 75% Perl/mod_Perl development in a Linux/Unix environment (Solaris specifically). Design: Approx. 10% design of new systems and architecture Troubleshooting: Integral with coding process. Approx. 10% dedication to code review, maintenance, support issues due to bugs and bug tracking. Leadership: 5% taking lead on specific development and guiding/mentoring team members. Required Experience: - 4 years experience in development - HTML - Apache Web Server - mod_perl/Perl - database experience (general RDBMS knowledge and SQL specifically) - strong Linux or Solaris background - experience with performance tuning - OO perl development in a web environment Preferred Experience: - C/C++ experience Positives: Great opportunity to work in a premier development team in a large-scale, extremely high volume, web development environment. -- For information on unsubscribing from this list, please visit http://rochester.pm.org From bmathis at directedge.com Thu Oct 25 23:12:05 2001 From: bmathis at directedge.com (Brian Mathis) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:19:32 2004 Subject: [roch-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 25th] Message-ID: <3BD8E295.5070108@directedge.com> O'Reilly User Group Program NEWSLETTER October 25, 2001 HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK... 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Click here! http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n204063060057000 =========================================================== Hello, world! This is Simon Cozens, managing editor of www.perl.com, here to bring you the week's news and developments both in the Perl world and on our own site. * Perl at large. News from ActiveState! They've released their Perl, Python and XSLT components for Visual Studio .NET, so Perl programmers can use the friendly Visual Studio IDE for developing .NET applications for Windows. Conversely, this brings Perl within the reach of the many thousands of Visual Studio programmers out there; if you're interested in the Microsoft world, this one has to be good for Perl and good for you. http://www.activestate.com/Corporate/Communications/Releases/Press1003542463 .html http://www.activestate.com/Products/Productivity/Visual_Studio/Visual_Perl/ Bad news, however, from the Perl Journal; it looks like it's been absorbed into a small section of Sysadmin Magazine, and will no longer be produced as a separate journal. I'm not sure how popular this latest move by CMP will be with the Perl community that it's supposed to be trying to serve. http://use.perl.org/articles/01/10/30/2159238.shtml And finally, the venue for YAPC::Europe 2002 has been announced - it'll be in Munich, Germany, between the 18th and the 20th of September. Hopefully the newly formed Frankfurt am Main and Prague Perl Mongers groups will be helping out. The venue for YAPC::America::North has not been finalised, however the rumours are that Boston has a pretty good bid. And hopefully we'll see a YAPRC Japan soon - more Perl conferences! Need more Perl conferences! http://www.yapc.org/Europe/ http://use.perl.org/articles/01/10/30/0446208.shtml http://prague.pm.org/ * What's new on perl.com Abhijit Menon-Sen brings us all the news from Perl 5 development, including what's left to do before 5.8.0 can be released, fun with tests, and much more. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/10/p5pdigest/20011021.html And speaking of fun, we have a slightly light-hearted article from Alex Gough, the author of the ha-ha-only-serious Quantum::Entanglement module. He takes us on a whirlwind tour around the lighter side of CPAN - pointless, wacky, clever or otherwise fun modules. 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