Wanted: Web developer for project

Written by Adrian Holovaty on May 19, 2006

I'm looking for somebody to work closely with me on a project.

This project will combine journalism and computer programming, in the vein of chicagocrime.org.

Ideal candidates would have equal background in journalism and computer programming. But if you're a talented Web developer/programmer with no background in journalism, that's OK, too.

You're a great candidate if:

  • You are a Python programmer and have worked with the Django Web framework.
  • You're great at parsing and manipulating data.
  • You love writing screen scrapers and reverse-engineering things.
  • You know HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, Ajax, etc. (Duh!)
  • You're generally creative when it comes to technology.
  • You're more comfortable coding something up quickly and changing it iteratively, than reading or writing requirements documents.
  • You tend to keep up with the latest Web technologies.

Bonus points for contributions to open source projects (big or small) and attention to grammar.

If you're interested, please contact me. Tell me about Web sites you've made, along with as many links and examples as possible. You can send a resume if you'd like, but I'm more interested in seeing actual projects you've made than reading about GPAs.

I guarantee you'd have a fantastic time working on this.

Comments

Posted by gaoang on June 16, 2006, at 2:41 a.m.:

I'm looking forword to the exciting development of the chicagocrime~

I just a recruit of Django project.

Wish to learn a lot from you.

Posted by Paul on July 11, 2006, at 1:24 p.m.:

Glad to know about it.

Posted by Pete on July 14, 2006, at 11:10 p.m.:

This looks like the kind of project I'd love to work on Now I just need to sharpen my python/ web dev skills!

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