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Hello all,

Update: Position filled. Thanks to all who applied.

Dreambank.org is looking to hire a software project manager in Vancouver to help chart and manage the post-launch development and growth of a funded web start-up that’s just about to go live.

Said PM would be responsible for determining the future feature-set and growth of the site, working with me (the Tech Director) to plan the schedule and deliver the features, work with marketing, with the customers, and so forth. Any PM worth their salt will be able to describe this job position far better than I (and if you’re off-put by that remark you’re probably not the right fit, sorry.)

Said person must have successfully managed and delivered at least one relatively sizable commercial software project in the past as the PM. That is the minimum requirement. No developers looking to advance their careers or PMs from other industries looking to get into software. You know software, and you know you know it.

If you sound like this person and you live in Vancouver and you’re interested and think you’re qualified, kindly get in touch with me at either chris@postal-code.com or chris@dreambank.org. I’d love to talk to you, fill you in and find out more about you.

Cheers
Chris

I’m of the opinion that all apps should strive to provide as few user preferences as possible, especially if your preference is for something that’s superfluous and self-aggrandizing, a feature who’s entire raison d’etre is to get in the user’s face. Aka: the splash screen:

Where “Max” == “Yes I’d like this application to freeze on start-up for 10 seconds every time I launch it so I can look at the version number rather than do something useful, like work.”

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “I guess I should provide a way for user’s to disable this feature” the real decision you’re probably trying to make is: “should I cut from my app entirely this feature?”

When it comes to splash screens, the answer is always “yes”. Always.

(That image is from one of the preference panes of an actual Mac app. Fortunately it is not widely used.)