A US company with expanding business on website development is in need of additional manpower to join its Davao team as:

Senior PHP Developer

The position will be working on large product applications used in Schools in the US. Needs background and degree that demonstrates the ability to handle analysis, design, and structured programming. This is a challenging position that goes far beyond simple websites.

This is a full time, permanent position with a quickly expanding company in the US. Benefits include vacation time, 13th month, company contribution to taxes, and advancement based upon productivity (not years of service).

Qualifications

• Must have Excellent programming skills
• With strong background on OOP concepts
• Knowledge on software design, database design, MVC, UML and *nix system is an advantage
• Must have knowledge on flow charts
• Experience on PHP is important but not required
• Experience on creating web applications is required
• Experience on enterprise level applications is a an advantage
• Good English comprehension and communication skills
• Can work with minimal supervision and a good team player
• Can work overtime when required

Interested applicants may send their cover letter and resumé to hr@dwebsite.com

Did I mentioned Ace called for a day off last Wednesday? Yes, he was off and we spent the whole day doing not so important things. I also did not work that day. In the afternoon, he was able to chat with his HS batchmate who’s also into photography. Marv John has a Canon 40D he acquired after “retiring” (that’s the word he used. Maybe he availed of an early or optional retirement program of the company) from San Miguel Coporation. We saw his cam during their batchmate’s wedding November of last year. I and Ace was like “wow!”. We’ve been dreaming of having a digicam long before but we just can’t afford one, even a point-and-shoot. Anyway, Ace was always telling me to chat with Marv John if I see him online to ask where he’s buying his gears or we can ask him to buy for us in Australia and hand-carry it when he gets home but I haven’t got the chance. So, when I saw that he’s online last Wednesday, Ace grabbed the opportunity to chat with him about the “hobby”. He said he will rest for a while from being active in his hobby because he’s already spending much to it. He wanted to go back to the corporate world instead and be a corporate slave again. He tried applying online as looking for employment is not limited to hopping from one company to another submitting your application papers. Job search is easier and more convenient with the help of job advertising companies in the internet such as beyond.com where job hunters will get to browse all available jobs from the comfort of their homes or in the internet cafe without spending so much time going to different offices to seek job.  

Speaking of the expenses in photography, as what Marv John and other hobbyists say, it’s never ending and without ROI (Return of Investment). Oh well, we cannot expect ROI unless we become a pro and will make it a business. The ROI in this hobby is the satisfaction we get after learning new things, being able to apply it and get an awesome shot. People’s comments about the photo is the main motivation that will keep us going in this hobby. It is so heart warming and flattering that people appreciate the photos I am posting in my blogs. That gives me and Ace the desire to shoot more regardless how much we spent or will be spending. Now, we are looking into getting some filters and other accessories. Even Ace’ heart is into this hobby as he was playing with the toy when has the chance, excitedly show his shots to me and say “Neng, post it in your blogs”. Surely, will be posting the photos soon as I need to attend to other things this time.      

Whew! It’s been a loooooooong day! I slept around 1am and woke up by Doreamon saying “may isang mensahe (you have 1 message)” then followed by a call from Inah, a fellow coder in in my online work. Ace’ message alert tone is Doreamon and he’s having fun with it. I too likes listening to Doraemon. For almost 2 weeks, our phones are ringing almost every night. You see, the captchas in OHJ are overflowing that they need more hands to enter it. Upon hearing Doraemon’s voice, I instantly stoop up and turned on the PC…it’s 0427H. It’s still dark outside. Ace just pee and went back to sleep while I was left coding in the living room until he wake up again, prepared and left for work. I just asked for a 15-min break when he emerged from the bathroom so that I could assist him with what he needs. Really, my husband needs me everytime he’s dressing up because he needs my suggestion and approval on what he’ll wear.

I am planning to log-out after Ace left for work so that I could get back to sleep to have enough energy for my 10AM shift but the Q was high that we even need more hands. After an hour, some coders logged in so I had time to take a break for 1 hour and returned to work around 10 until 6PM. Really, that was a long day. I didn’t even had a decent meal. I didn’t had enough rice. I just ate the muffins Ace brought home the other night and a fruit salad. That was all I had for the day. The captchas are non-stop. Promise, it’s non-stop that I felt my fingers are getting stiff. I used my break periods to massage my fingers a little bit to ease the pain that I’m starting to feel.

3 hours before my shift will end, my head started to ache and  I was just gently massaging my nape and forehead when I happen to touch a pimple that is starting to appear on the latter. Oh, this must be the effect of lack of sleep. I hope it will only remain as a pimple and not develop into acne because for sure I cannot afford to have the best acne treatment. So I need more sleep starting tonight. I hope I could get at least 6 hours this time. Then, I must finish every pending thing so that I could retire for the day earlier than usual.