[wp-pro] Discontinuing this mailing list

[Marcy Capron]

Hmm, I think the Easy Car Seat man had a point -- why not buildout the
WPCOOP thing to be a buddypress site with job boards obviously, and have job
postings auto-send to the google group email??

hell, with all the traffic from developers, The Deck Network would probably
dish out serious money for adspace.

Just sayin'.

p.s. Dan -- I hear a lot of Ruby on Rails programmers are knee deep in
HTML5...

Marcy
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On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Impress The Net <impressthenet at gmail.com>wrote:

> Add me to the list of people who would be disappointed if this list
> were to die a quick, yet untimely, death.
>
> I don't consider myself a WP Pro, as I've mainly only generated themes
> from existing layouts (something I'm expecting to change once the
> demands of clients and a full time job ease up.)  But even lurking has
> been a good thing.
>
> With 22 years of software development, I've seen plenty of things
> change.  It would be nice if the loss of this list wasn't an
> additional one.
>
> 2010/8/18 Marek Rattiste <marek at rattiste.com>:
> > I'm really sad seeing this list go. I've found some great clients from
> here
> > and as I can see the workflow is ongoing. Despite the fact that we have
> > places like jobs.wordpress.net and other hiring sites, some clients
> still
> > turn here with their problems.
> >
> > Wish you the very best, WP developers!
> >
> > Marek Rattiste
> > Phone: +372 566 18001
> > Skype: marek.rattiste
> > MSN: marek at rattiste.com
> > http://www.rattiste.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> > [mailto:wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Jane Wells
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:27 PM
> > To: wp-pro at lists.automattic.com
> > Subject: [wp-pro] Discontinuing this mailing list
> >
> > Hello everyone. When this list was started back in 2005, there were not
> that
> > many WordPress consultants, and not that many people hiring them, either.
> :)
> > As you know, since that time WordPress has grown considerably, and the
> > number of people making a living from WordPress-based businesses is
> amazing.
> > There are numerous websites to connect consultants to gigs, referral
> > services, help lines, etc. Because that seems to be where the bulk of
> > opportunities are getting posted these days, we're going to deactivate
> the
> > wp-pro mailing list this week.
> >
> > Let's face it: when someone says they want to hire someone for a
> WordPress
> > job, making them sign up for a mailing list just to post an ad is a
> little
> > ridiculous when they could go to a site like http://jobs.wordpress.netand
> > put up a post that can be easily managed/updated in moments as well as
> being
> > seen by far more people.
> >
> > For anyone subscribed to the list currently wondering where they should
> go
> > now to post jobs/look for consultants, we recommend
> > http://jobs.wordpress.net, though other sites such as http://elance.comand
> > http://www.odesk.com usually have a lot of WordPress gig listings as
> well.
> > There's also a consultant list at http://codepoet.com.
> >
> > Mailing lists are great for discussions, but they're just not the best
> way
> > to hire people. Thanks for all the good times, and good luck with your
> > WordPress businesses!
> >
> > Jane Wells
> > WordPress.org
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