dahamsta
06/07/2013, 11:20 PM
I've been putting this off for ages because I'm not a huge fan of the internship programme, but my workload is growing and the 2 smallies at home aren't helping, so I'm going to bite the bullet and go for it. I'm putting it here first because Foot.ie is one of the things that I can get off my plate almost entirely, and someone that's into football should do a better job than me anyway. Foot.ie would only be part of the job though, there'd be web and business admin stuff too, plus possibly the likes of sysadmin down the line.
The "position" is for 6 months, and one of the first tasks will be learning how Foot.ie works from an administrative point of view, and gradually taking over the management from me. Ideally you'd have ideas on how to improve the site too, particularly from an editorial perspective as that's extremely under-developed on the site. I'll upgrade the site to vBulletin 5 and we'll take it from there.
Even with extra work you generate for yourself though, you'll still only fill an hour or two of your day with Foot.ie, so there'll be other work too. Off the top of my head, you'll probably need to do some content management on client websites, and some admittedly tedious tidying on my billing system and hosting platform. Similarly, at the outset I'll make work for you in the spreadsheet and word processing categories while I get to know you and figure out what else you can take off my plate.
If you're very comfortable with IT and willing to apply yourself and throw ideas at me (and be ok with having most of them shot down, albeit constructively), you should come out of the internship with lots of knowledge about how a growing IT business works. Specifically, you'll learn about webdev and all the associated bits and bobs like hosting (I run my own servers in a data centre I helped build), domain names, SSL, ecommerce, content management, etc. You'll also learn about the business side of things, like talking to and managing clients and billing.
Job prospects from me are, to be blunt, very small. My business is growing, thankfully, but even if it increases at the rate it is, and your management of Foot.ie brings in more revenues, it's unlikely I would be able to afford to take you on without borrowing, and that's something I wouldn't take lightly. That being said, if it's possible to come to some arrangement, I'm always willing to listen, up to and including revenue share on Foot.ie, or part-time work for Beecher Networks.
Your first job will be to organise the JobBridge stuff. :)
If you're interested, PM me for an address and we'll talk via email and/or skype/gchat; the PM system here makes tracking conversations a pain in the arse. I'm closing this thread as I don't want it messed up with jokes and messing, however I'm happy to hear feedback either via PM or another thread.
Thanks,
adam
The "position" is for 6 months, and one of the first tasks will be learning how Foot.ie works from an administrative point of view, and gradually taking over the management from me. Ideally you'd have ideas on how to improve the site too, particularly from an editorial perspective as that's extremely under-developed on the site. I'll upgrade the site to vBulletin 5 and we'll take it from there.
Even with extra work you generate for yourself though, you'll still only fill an hour or two of your day with Foot.ie, so there'll be other work too. Off the top of my head, you'll probably need to do some content management on client websites, and some admittedly tedious tidying on my billing system and hosting platform. Similarly, at the outset I'll make work for you in the spreadsheet and word processing categories while I get to know you and figure out what else you can take off my plate.
If you're very comfortable with IT and willing to apply yourself and throw ideas at me (and be ok with having most of them shot down, albeit constructively), you should come out of the internship with lots of knowledge about how a growing IT business works. Specifically, you'll learn about webdev and all the associated bits and bobs like hosting (I run my own servers in a data centre I helped build), domain names, SSL, ecommerce, content management, etc. You'll also learn about the business side of things, like talking to and managing clients and billing.
Job prospects from me are, to be blunt, very small. My business is growing, thankfully, but even if it increases at the rate it is, and your management of Foot.ie brings in more revenues, it's unlikely I would be able to afford to take you on without borrowing, and that's something I wouldn't take lightly. That being said, if it's possible to come to some arrangement, I'm always willing to listen, up to and including revenue share on Foot.ie, or part-time work for Beecher Networks.
Your first job will be to organise the JobBridge stuff. :)
If you're interested, PM me for an address and we'll talk via email and/or skype/gchat; the PM system here makes tracking conversations a pain in the arse. I'm closing this thread as I don't want it messed up with jokes and messing, however I'm happy to hear feedback either via PM or another thread.
Thanks,
adam