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Applicants need a working knowledge of ASP/ASP.net, MySQL, Movable Type, HTML/CSS and general web server experience. Knowledge of JavaScript, LAMP (Linux/Apache

by el_dot 17y ago

Applicants need a working knowledge of ASP/ASP.net, MySQL, Movable Type, HTML/CSS and general web server experience. Knowledge of JavaScript, LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) servers, iPhone development knowledge, Adobe Flash/Flex is a plus. I guess this is what PG meant when he said: The pointy-haired boss has no idea how this software has to work, and can't tell one programming language from another, and yet he knows what language you should write it in.

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ZachPruckowski 17y ago
In this case, it's apparent that they have a pre-existing system. Of course, why that system is in both ASP and PHP on both Linux and Windows, I have no clue. Given that they have MySQL on there twice, I'm going to guess it was a "write down every technical term that anyone knows" kinda thing.
pchickey 17y ago
Sure - the editor in chief, or whoever on staff wrote that description, doesn't really know ASP from LAMP. But they do know the current programmers use ASP.net and MT, and will need to continue using ASP.net and MT for the time being. In the past three years, the collegian website has added a lot of great features, and the design has improved considerably. It looks like they're still stuck on an old ASP backend, but the students responsible for the front page have been moving in the right direction. Unfortunately, its a pretty huge undertaking for unpaid (or close) full time students to replace a decent working site with a decade of archives with with a Rails app. In many ways, the Collegian is a representative good college daily - there are many in much deeper trouble for failing to grasp the basics of good journalism, not the basics of web 2.0. (Disclosure: Former Collegian photo staff)
- adelevie 17y ago
  The Collegian web site was cutting edge a few years ago. My predecessors really did a hell of a job cooking up a brand new system (built on MT). The previous system, from what I read, was archaic. Sadly not much has changed over the last couple years and without proper staff, nothing really will change.
ramchip 17y ago
Nonsense! I'm sure the editor-in-chief's major in print journalism and women's studies, as well as extensive experience as an "investigative team leader", is more than enough qualification to manage internet things. ;) More seriously, it's probably hard to find good staff for that on a student newspaper. I think it would help their case if they wrote it in a more friendly tone than "Please submit a cover letter, resume and work samples to editorinchief@psucollegian.com. Submit applications by 5 p.m. March 1". Sounds very pretentious considering they're begging for a volunteer.

by el_dot 17y ago

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ZachPruckowski 17y ago

In this case, it's apparent that they have a pre-existing system. Of course, why that system is in both ASP and PHP on both Linux and Windows, I have no clue. Given that they have MySQL on there twice, I'm going to guess it was a "write down every technical term that anyone knows" kinda thing.

pchickey 17y ago

Sure - the editor in chief, or whoever on staff wrote that description, doesn't really know ASP from LAMP. But they do know the current programmers use ASP.net and MT, and will need to continue using ASP.net and MT for the time being. In the past three years, the collegian website has added a lot of great features, and the design has improved considerably. It looks like they're still stuck on an old ASP backend, but the students responsible for the front page have been moving in the right direction. Unfortunately, its a pretty huge undertaking for unpaid (or close) full time students to replace a decent working site with a decade of archives with with a Rails app. In many ways, the Collegian is a representative good college daily - there are many in much deeper trouble for failing to grasp the basics of good journalism, not the basics of web 2.0. (Disclosure: Former Collegian photo staff)

adelevie 17y ago
The Collegian web site was cutting edge a few years ago. My predecessors really did a hell of a job cooking up a brand new system (built on MT). The previous system, from what I read, was archaic. Sadly not much has changed over the last couple years and without proper staff, nothing really will change.

ramchip 17y ago

Nonsense! I'm sure the editor-in-chief's major in print journalism and women's studies, as well as extensive experience as an "investigative team leader", is more than enough qualification to manage internet things. ;) More seriously, it's probably hard to find good staff for that on a student newspaper. I think it would help their case if they wrote it in a more friendly tone than "Please submit a cover letter, resume and work samples to editorinchief@psucollegian.com. Submit applications by 5 p.m. March 1". Sounds very pretentious considering they're begging for a volunteer.