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London based developer for hire… almost

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James Little
on March 5, 2009
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I’m just going through the process of creating and updating my CV for the UK market; I’ll be alive and kicking in London on the 17th of April with a Visa valid for work until March 2012.

I am expecting the market will be difficult; based on the news provided by the BBC and reports from friends in London and the United Kingdom. But I am excited about getting to London and looking for work as a software developer.

I would quite like to get my teeth into a role where I can implement a lot of the areas I have been working on recently and form aspects I consider ideal in a web application solution; specifically:

  • xhtml web pages should be easy to parse, quick to load and forward compatible with future developments in html standards.
  • unobtrusive javascript because the tools that you choose should embrace users, not restrict them.
  • microformats to simplify post-processing of content
  • SOAP/ RESTful webservices to provide opportunities for developers and organisations to extend application functionality.
  • Java (or PHP, or C) because that’s what I do!
  • Subversion makes sense and is easy to use, like CVS…
  • Linux, though I usually get Windows at work, I’d like to work on OSX, BSD or Linux instead; it is what we used at Uni.

Really I’m not particularly picky about projects I pick up; as my CV shows, I have taken on a diverse range of projects and change is good.

I have just uploaded my Java 2 developer certification project and now purchasing my developer certification essay. Hopefully I will have Java developer certification by the time I am looking for work in London.

I have also uploaded my “CV” with 1st contact. They recommend using their online tool; which was quite painful, so I ended up only entering some of my work experience. I’d probably just upload my offline CV given hindsight. They say don’t share your CV around with anyone else and so did the next website I went to, so I decided I’d stay faithful to 1st contact and wait till I got to the UK to spread the love.

Economic crisis 2009

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James Little
on February 2, 2009
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Putin urges more diversification in currency reserves, I believe the answer is a single international currency, with a central reserve bank and regional reserve banks responsible for distributing currency locally. I’d expect this would get rid of speculative currency markets and reduce the chance of local financial problems causing international instability when currency is brought back into ’safer’ markets.

Speculative bubbles should be avoided as much as possible – in all markets, either through increasing capital gains tax on amounts exceeding 10% growth per annum or through regulating the cost of shares and other tradable products; such that the cost is actually representative of real value.

End of first week of 2009

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James Little
on January 18, 2009
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2009 … one week of the working year complete and this post is actually a little late – it is the end of week two of 2009! So how have my resolutions gone in week one?

  • Exercise: 2 hours aerobic exercise, and we spent a couple of hours at fergs kayaks (on the climbing wall). A good start to exercising,
  • V? I had a little stockpile, and it was the first week back at work. I’ve revised my goal: I will just refrain from spending too much on V, don’t buy it from anywhere charging more than $2.20 (NZD). But I don’t intend to buy a supply from the supermarket anymore either, it is now a treat, not a daily ritual. Same applies to coffee.
  • Plug a local business a week?
Drinking in the sun at St Johns

Drinking in the sun at St Johns

Business of the week: St. Johns

It is an excellent place to drink on a summers afternoon; sitting on the grass with friends, as long as it is sunny, not too windy and there is a little room on the grass!