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So you want to hire a ninja, do you?

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I took a trip to Portland recently to traipse through OSCON. I was mostly in the exhibition hall with all the great schwag and company booths– many which had posted job announcements. While there, I was once again frustrated by a trend I keep seeing. The trend can be described as an “arms race of [...]

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July 28th, 2010 at 3:36 pm

I Am Programmer, Hear Me Roar!

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I’m John Metta, a programmer, a hydrologist, an anthropologist, and an all around friendly guy (except when I have to program in Visual Basic… <shudder>… it just makes my inside bits go all wonky! Like when eating sauerkraut) I Like Doing Stuff! …like programming stuff! I’ve been programming for 20+ years. No, really! I really [...]

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February 3rd, 2010 at 12:26 pm

Need An Open Source Programmer Or Two (Beginners Welcome)

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Over the past few months, I’ve been working with Rediviva Magazine on a special (somewhat secret) community project.  We’re getting [...]

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October 29th, 2009 at 11:50 pm