In my living room on Thanksgiving! Oh... I thought you said freeLOADERS! :) Jason A. Turcotte Turcotte Data & Designs www.turcottedata.com -----Original Message----- From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Mark Bucciarelli Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:44 AM To: Jean Graef Cc: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Where to look for freelancers ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group, you must be counted to post . ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 07:50:59AM -0400, Jean Graef wrote: > We are looking for freelance programmers to work on assorted > projects -- now and in the future. Would prefer local talent, > but would also consider looking outside the valley. We're > specifically looking for the following skills: > > 1. Text parsing and manipulation (e.g. scan and transform a log > file) > > 2. Advanced Filemaker skills (e.g. scripting, with text and > file plugins, XML Web publishing, integration with Microsoft > Office applications) > > 3. XML/XSLT transformations > > Is anyone on this list interested? Can anyone recommend other > places to look? If performance really matters to you I can help with the non-filemaker stuff. Please contact me off list. However, I expect a Perl Monk like Rich would be more appropriate, as your app is basic text processing. Other places to look for good hackers: - the local .NET user group (you know those folks) - the five-colleges Linux user groups (you might get lucky and find a really sharp student) - recommendations from comp-sci professors at colleges (ditto) If this is going to be Free Software, another approach is to find the author of a related library (libxml2 or libxslt for example) and send a note to the author inquiring if they are interested in contract work. Most likely you will get a "no," but if you score you can be confident you will get high-quality code. Some authors might even write proprietary code for a price, although the good ones can find enough work writing Free Software. I think there is a local filemaker pro expert, but his name escapes me at the moment ... If all else fails, find someone in Bulgaria or Ukraine. ;) Good luck, m _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members