fluentive.com is looking for a partner with expertise in PHP, mySQL and Javascript.

My business partner and I are looking to bring on a business partner with the following skills:
Currently in school for Computer science degree, or similar concentration
Expert knowledge of PHP and HTML programming
Expert knowledge of mySQL and database analysis
Strong Javascript knowledge
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work productively in an independent environment
Motivated to enhance our application offering

You will be responsible for leading our development efforts and will be reimbursed through profit from our applications and websites. We are very motivated, passionate and enjoy working on these projects. We have fulltime jobs and work on this in our free time with the intention of taking this business full time. If you share this passion, please email us and visit our website.

Cheers,

Scott
http://www.fluentive.com

8/16/2006 1:52:09 AM

benefits?

8/16/2006 3:04:44 AM

define "partner"

8/16/2006 4:22:56 AM

i love it when people say cheers

8/16/2006 8:03:54 AM

partner = "will work for free"

8/16/2006 8:31:00 AM

aka: you get paid after they do.

8/16/2006 8:43:58 AM

Pay?
Benefits?
Hours?
Location?
Current Company Profile?
Etc?

8/16/2006 8:59:39 AM

your site said that it gets 10,000 uniques per day... but I dont believe that is true... do you have proof of that?

8/16/2006 8:59:49 AM

oh ... I guess it is talking about a site that you helped "optimize" ... NM

8/16/2006 9:00:45 AM

hahahaahahahah

8/16/2006 9:34:18 AM

so..... it looks like we have 2 business major types who put up a bunch of marketing speek on a slick looking webpage with no actual content, and now they're looking for a programming monkey to do all the real work for pennies with the hope of hitting a home run somehow and collecting all the cash....
gg

8/16/2006 10:02:33 AM

Gotta love when business majors graduate and realize they have no actual skills.

And define "slick website", because other than the splash page, its a pretty mediocre website.

Def agree on the marketing doublespeak though, I'm a bit impressed they managed to fluff the entire site like that

8/16/2006 10:27:00 AM

Quote :

"He has been on top of the Search Engine world since the inception of Google back in 1997, and has been an avid googler since. "

i'm putting that on my resume from now on

8/16/2006 10:58:31 AM

Responses:
Definition of partner: Equal member of our team who will be acquiring an equal portion of the profits.
Location: We are located in Cary, NC and San Francisco, CA. Either one is fine.

We already have projects in design and are excited about releasing the applications. Please email us at jobs@fluentive.com with your resume, works, and questions for us. We will gladly respond with our credentials.

**We are also looking for contractors for individual projects. Please email us with the same info if you are interested.**

8/16/2006 4:01:01 PM

Quote :

"Definition of partner: Equal member of our team who will be acquiring an equal portion of the profits."

Exactly. One person doing all the production and two others doing all the business/management/marketing is not an equal portion of the work.

Maybe if you cut the developer in 60/40 or 70/30, then that would begin to make some sense.

8/16/2006 4:06:01 PM

Its great that you all think developers make and break a business model. You'll soon learn that the "developers" take marching orders from the people that graduate with business degrees with "no skills". Know any hard developers that actually make meaningful production decisions? Developers are easily replaceable cogs in the corporate machine.

I applaud the start up - more power to you.

8/16/2006 7:24:24 PM

Most people in positions of power at tech companies have technical backgrounds. They might also have MBA's, but they have "actual skills."

8/16/2006 7:36:50 PM

^ totally agree; but from a developer level prospective, I stand by my statement above.

8/16/2006 7:43:27 PM

I'm just pointing out that there are a lot of hard developers making meaningful production decisions.

8/16/2006 7:45:35 PM

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"Its great that you all think developers make and break a business model. You'll soon learn that the "developers" take marching orders from the people that graduate with business degrees with "no skills". Know any hard developers that actually make meaningful production decisions? Developers are easily replaceable cogs in the corporate machine. "

This isn't a corporate machine. This is a startup. And startups are run by developers with business acumen. And yes, damn near every GOOD project manager, salesperson and executive I have ever dealt with has a background in ground level development of some kind. Fortune 500 CEO's back me up on this.

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"I applaud the start up - more power to you."

What start-up? What is it they are even doing other than double-speak?

[Edited on August 16, 2006 at 7:58 PM. Reason : .]

8/16/2006 7:56:51 PM

[Edited on August 16, 2006 at 8:06 PM. Reason : not worth it]

8/16/2006 8:03:56 PM

i love noen. he called it a startup and not a startup in the same post!

8/16/2006 8:08:12 PM

Love you to Travis

Just pisses me off seeing another "We can do the web better" group. I'd wager to bet they've never even heard of a focus group, usability study, performance metrics, web standards, or a myriad of other fundamental elements.

The website is straight out of dreamweaver circa 2002, tables, font tags, not accessible, not compliant. So much for creative innovation.

[Edited on August 16, 2006 at 8:20 PM. Reason : .]

8/16/2006 8:12:49 PM

I feel bad for the guy if he moved out to Silicon Valley and this is the best he can come up with

8/16/2006 8:14:53 PM

gbo, you may have some better luck posting on NCSU's Career Center website and CSC jobs board. You might also want to look up anything the BIT program at VT has to offer. We see posts like this fairly frequently (one or more a month it seems) where a business-oriented individual with a low post count to recruit technical folks.

Quote :

"Its great that you all think "

Don't make a generalization based off one person's post.

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"focus group, usability study, performance metrics, web standards, or a myriad of other fundamental elements"

Oh dear, you said several no-no words. On an off-topic tangent, these can be good and bad. I don't like the way they did Virginia Tech's new website layout (http://www.vt.edu), and I hope NCSU's current redesign doesn't head the same way (http://ncsu.edu/redesign/). Too much focus on marketing to prospective students.

8/16/2006 8:41:18 PM

hey whats wrong with tables?

and isnt that why he is looking for someone thats more experienced in web development? guess i just dont get why someone would jump all over the current code.

8/16/2006 8:47:23 PM

^^I know a couple of people on the NCSU redesign committee, it won't have any problems being good. No-no words? Are you serious? Who is "they" that did VT's website? Using good practices doesn't ensure a great site in the end, but it's an absolutely critical part of the process for a successful site of any large scale.

^Because they are marketing themselves as something they aren't. Their ENTIRE business is predicated on the abilities of a person that doesn't even exist in the company yet. That's why I'm jumping.

[Edited on August 16, 2006 at 9:32 PM. Reason : and the VT website looks pretty darn good to me, at least the frontpage organization]

8/16/2006 9:29:58 PM

noen-- i looked at the site a little more, and i can see where youre coming from now... its almost like they dont have the first idea of how to accomplish the solutions they are proposing. it really wouldnt look so bad as just a model, but it kinda looks like they are already in operation and passing themselves off as something that they aren't. i'd be interested to see how they respond to technical inquiries.

thats the only major problem i see, though. but without the extra person, it is a major problem - cause its all BS.

8/16/2006 10:26:08 PM

Quote :

"so..... it looks like we have 2 business major types who put up a bunch of marketing speek on a slick looking webpage with no actual content, and now they're looking for a programming monkey to do all the real work for pennies with the hope of hitting a home run somehow and collecting all the cash.... gg"

i was about to post the same thing.

Quote :

"Currently in school for Computer science degree, or similar concentration"

= cheap + knowledgeable?


http://www.fluentive.com/clients.php It would be helpful if you actually had something here (besides the text from the main page)

Quote :

"and this passion is an incredible asset to our clients. "

http://www.fluentive.com/clients.php como?


Oh and hey I've got an idea, post the word passion as many times as possible on the bio page.

It might help if your "Featured Project" is capable of being clicked.

I like the lower case company name and diacritic usage...thats pretty cool and trendy looking.


gl with it tho, looks like you're on to something big.

[Edited on August 16, 2006 at 10:45 PM. Reason : ]

8/16/2006 10:42:03 PM

I like the colored pencils

8/17/2006 1:43:31 AM

this is a great idea



about 8 years ago

8/17/2006 7:49:27 AM