Branson Tourism Center Looking for PHP Web Site Programmer

Posted by Jacob Santos on July 15, 2011

Branson Tourism Center is located in the Branson, MO, Ozarks area. Any PHP developer in Branson, Ozark, Springfield, Nixa, or north-western Arkansas or programmers looking to relocate to the area should send their resumes. Please call 417-334-4400 and ask for Tammy or Basil. If you want their email address then leave a comment and I’ll send it to you.

Requirements

  1. Must put that Jacob Santos referred you, on cover letter.

    I would appreciate this a lot and will be your friend forever [1].

  2. Must be a PHP programmer.

    Web site experience limited to HTML and CSS need not apply. The position demands someone with at least 2 years of PHP experience. You must know the language and you must be at least somewhat comfortable with object-oriented programming. Someone with a little PHP experience may be hired as long as they are bright, willing to learn and adaptable to changes to spec and deadlines.

  3. Must know MySQL SQL.

    All of the backend storage uses MySQL (MyISAM and some INNODB), so SQL is a must. However, most code will be using an ORM, however the candidate must be able to design a relational table scheme that is sane, justifying normalization and performance.

  4. Must have some working knowledge of SCM

    Subversion is used and will continue to be used. Basic knowledge of Subversion commands or TortoiseSVN experience is required. Training might be available for exceptional PHP programming candidates and those coming from other version control software.

  5. Apache, PHP installation and Linux experience recommended.

    It would be helpful and give you a boost having worked with configuring, installing and, or optimizing Apache and PHP installations. Majority of the PHP installations are on Linux, so knowledge of basic commands or ability to learn basic commands and roam Linux is a plus.

  6. Must not attempt to change the work environment.

    Going in thinking that you’ll change to GIT or Bazaar will not be appreciated during any interview. Furthermore attempting to transition to another database will also not be appreciated.

  7. CodeIgniter experience is a plus

    Any MVC framework experience will be appreciated and a bonus.

  8. Must know HTML and CSS and JavaScript

    Mostly jQuery for JavaScript, nothing too crazy besides AJAX pulling JSON and validation is used, so pretty simple stuff. HTML and CSS probably within basic levels. Must have an understanding of table-less designs, styles, etc. Pretty much if you’ve been putting together web sites using HTML and CSS for 1 year or so, then you should be good as long as you understand and know most of the tags and css properties and values. Mostly the designer will handle most of this for you, but you will need to be able to modify existing pages and create new pages without a tremendous amount of help.

Any Real Programmer

At this point any Python, Java, C# programmer that has real experience programming and can adapt their knowledge to another language quickly will probably be handed the job. However, you should have at least done a project or two in PHP before applying. It is not an immediate rejection to have experience in another language, but the project manager has to know that you will be able to code PHP without a lot of hand holding with teaching what variables, functions, and classes are. More than anything else, someone whom proves able to solve problems will most likely be hired.

Contract Work?

If you are going to contact about contract work, please place on the cover letter or resume that you are looking for contract work. Not doing so will potentially disqualify you from any future offers.

1 It should be noted that I actually won’t be your friend forever, just because you put my name on the resume. We’ll take it slow and see if a friendship works out.

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