Are you looking for an awesome web development gig? Then you should come work for me at Revsys. We’re hiring a full-time Python/Django developer.

Revsys is a consulting and services business built around Django; we specialize in scalability and real-world deployment concerns. In practice this means we get to see all sorts of awesome, atypical, large-scale uses of Django. Our clients include some of the largest users of Python and Django in the world.

Frank and I held our first Revsys “office hours” this past Friday, November 5th. We’ve taken the IRC transcript, organized and cleaned it up a bit, and posted it online for those who couldn’t make it.

We had about fifty people show in IRC where they asked questions on a wide variety of topics including deployment, NoSQL, cloud computing, and contributing to Django. It was a blast! A few of my favorite questions:

(Cross-posted from the Revsys blog; I think folks here might be interested, too.)

Next month I’ll be teaching two new one-day classes, both of which evolved from common questions we get at Revsys. Each class is going to be offered twice, once in LA and once in Boston.

For the impatient here are some links and quick info:

• Django Deployment Workshop - Los Angeles - December 6, 2010.
• Django Deployment Workshop - Boston - December 10, 2010.
• The Best of the Django Ecosystem - Los Angeles - December 7, 2010.
• The Best of the Django Ecosystem - Boston - December 9, 2010.

For more details on each class, read on…

It’s the era of change, I suppose…

Starting today I’m joining Frank Wiles – a good friend and fellow Lawrencian – at his consulting firm, Revolution Systems, LLC. I’m really excited to be working with Frank: he’s a great guy, and a crazy-smart developer and sysadmin.

Together, we’re going to be offering professional Django support to companies who need a Django expert on staff, but can’t afford someone full-time.

The Django community is terrific; those who are comfortable with the IRC/mailing list support venue can get great assistance that way. That said, volunteers aren’t always available in an emergency, and for large sites short downtimes can translate into huge losses. Indeed, some companies are a lot more comfortable with open source when it comes with professional support. And sometimes you just need an expert.