Archive for September 5th, 2007

For Hire: Web Developer

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Yes, I have gone into the business of being a web developer consultant-type programmer. Last week I finished a contract job to develop Renata’s sister’s real estate website. It’s not the most glamorous job someone in Computing Science can get, but who doesn’t mind the extra cash on the side, and at consultant/contractor prices, it’s a nice chunk.

Her site, www.thebestarizonahomes.com (not my aesthetic design, I simply implement what the client wants), is developed using Drupal, a powerful open-source content management system. It’s a bit painful to get setup, but once it’s going it’s a great tool for non-techie’s to add and manage content on their websites. My super duper secret side project will be developed in Drupal, so I’m glad this contract gave me the chance to play around with Drupal in a more professional manner.

So I asked her if I could post a link to my personal site to perhaps get a few more web-dev contracts, and she gave me the great idea to start my own company. So here it is, my web design company site is located at www.xorwebdesign.com. I’m not quite finished filling in all the content, but I should be done soon within the next few days.

If any of you reading this needs some web dev contracted out, or someone who does, feel free to pass on my site. As I’m a lazy bastard who doesn’t want to do any real marketing, I’d give out a nice 10% referral bonus if I drum up any business.