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Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2020) on Monday August 03, 2020 @12:15PM (#24039628)
SEEKING WORK

I am currently looking for freelance opportunities.

I am a web application developer (BS Computer Science, 1999) & author with deep experience working with the Laravel PHP framework -- author of "Mastering Laravel" (https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/mastering-laravel) & the LAMP stack in general).

Recently, I have been developing with the Jamstack using Sanity (https://sanity.io), Gatsby (https://gatsbyjs.com), & Netlify (https://netlify.com) -- lead author on "Jumpstart Jamstack" (https://www.amazon.com/Jumpstart-Jamstack-Development-websit...).

Skills: PHP 5-7.x (Laravel 5-7), database development (MySQL, etc.), JavaScript (React, etc.), GraphQL, Third-party APIs, RESTful APIs.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro/

GitHub: https://github.com/chrispecoraro/

email address: [email protected]

I am not currently open to relocation nor travel, so remote only, thanks.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2019) on Monday July 01, 2019 @07:55PM (#20330894)
Location: Orlando, Florida

Remote: Yes (with experience)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Vue.js, Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, Drupal, PHP, MySQL, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications, and recently remotely, since 1999. The majority of my career has been full stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe.

I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer reviewed publications, an invited speaker at phpDay, PHP UK, and founder of the Palermo PHP User Group. I hold a B.S. degree in Computing & Information Science-Saint Vincent College (Latrobe Pennsylvania). My research work includes biomedical informatics and machine translation.My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2018) on Friday June 01, 2018 @11:09AM (#17205992)
SEEKING WORK

Location: Europe/US (an American split between two continents)

Remote: Yes (with three years experience working remotely)

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, CakePHP, PHP 7.x), MySQL/MariaDB, JS (Vue.js, React, jQuery, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications since 1999. The majority of my career has been full-stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe.

I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer-reviewed publications, an invited speaker at LaravelDay, phpDay, and PHP UK.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2018) on Friday June 01, 2018 @11:02AM (#17205892)
Location: Europe/US (an American split between two continents)

Remote: Yes (with three years experience working remotely)

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, CakePHP, PHP 7.x), MySQL/MariaDB, JS (Vue.js, React, jQuery, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications since 1999. The majority of my career has been full-stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe.

I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer-reviewed publications, an invited speaker at LaravelDay, phpDay, and PHP UK.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2018) on Monday April 02, 2018 @11:08AM (#16735098)
Location: Europe/US (an American split between two continents)

Remote: Yes (with three years experience working remotely)

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, PHP 7.x), WordPress & Drupal, MySQL/MariaDB, JS (Vue.js, React, jQuery, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications since 1999. The majority of my career has been full-stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe.

I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer-reviewed publications, an invited speaker at LaravelDay, phpDay, and PHP UK.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2018) on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @11:24AM (#16052822)
Location: Europe (American living abroad)

Remote: Yes (with three years experience working remotely)

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, PHP 7.x, MySQL, JS, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications since 1999. The majority of my career has been full-stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe.

I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer-reviewed publications, an invited speaker at LaravelDay, phpDay, and PHP UK.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2017) on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:41AM (#15851353)
Location: Italy

Remote: Yes (with remote experience)

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, PHP 7, MySQL, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications, and recently remotely, since 1999. The majority of my career has been full-stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe.

I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer-reviewed publications, an invited speaker at phpDay, PHP UK, LaravelDay, and founder of the Palermo PHP User Group.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2017) on Monday December 04, 2017 @04:45PM (#15847836)
Location: Italy

Remote: Yes (with remote experience)

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, PHP 7, MySQL, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications, and recently remotely, since 1999. The majority of my career has been full-stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe. I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer-reviewed publications, an invited speaker at phpDay, PHP UK, and founder of the Palermo PHP User Group.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2017) on Monday July 03, 2017 @11:04AM (#14688735)
Location: American (from Pittsburgh, PA) living abroad

Remote: Yes (more than two years experience working remotely, both in various U.S. and European time zones)

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity--preferably the United States.

Technologies: modern PHP (7.x), Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, jQuery/Vue.js, MySQL/MongoDB, Git

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been working as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009. I have a BS degree in Comp. Sci. and am the author of Mastering Laravel 5, conference speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and open source contributor. My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I am open to travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2017) on Thursday June 01, 2017 @11:12AM (#14460910)
SEEKING WORK - Remote (Italy-based)

Technologies: modern PHP (5.x-7.x), Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, jQuery/Vue.js, MySQL/MongoDB, Git

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009.

I have a BS degree in Comp. Sci. and am the author of Mastering Laravel 5, conference speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and open source contributor. My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I am open to travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2017) on Thursday June 01, 2017 @11:08AM (#14460864)
Location: American (Pittsburgh, PA) living abroad

Remote: Yes (two years experience working remotely--both U.S. and European time zones)

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity.

Technologies: modern PHP (7.x), Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, jQuery/Vue.js, MySQL/MongoDB, Git

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009. I have a BS degree in Comp. Sci. and am the author of Mastering Laravel 5, conference speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and open source contributor. My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I am open to travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2017) on Monday May 01, 2017 @01:37PM (#14239648)
SEEKING WORK - American (Pittsburgh, PA) living abroad - Remote

Technologies: ultra-modern PHP (7.x), Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, jQuery/Vue.js, MySQL/MongoDB, Git

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Computing and Information Science and am an author of Mastering Laravel 5, conference speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and open source contributor. My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2017) on Monday May 01, 2017 @01:33PM (#14239595)
Location: American (Pittsburgh, PA) living abroad

Remote: Yes (two years experience working remotely both for U.S. and European companies)

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: ultra-modern PHP (7.x), Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, jQuery/Vue.js, MySQL/MongoDB, Git

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Computing and Information Science and am the author of Mastering Laravel 5, conference speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and open source contributor. My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2017) on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:33AM (#14023521)
Location: American (Pittsburgh, PA) living abroad

Remote: Yes (two years experience working remotely both for U.S. and European companies)

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: ultra-modern PHP (7.x), Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, jQuery/Vue.js, MySQL/MongoDB, Git

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Computing and Information Science and am an author of Mastering Laravel 5, conference speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and open source contributor.

My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2017) on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @04:02PM (#13768303)
Location: American (Pittsburgh, PA) living abroad

Remote: Yes (two years experience working remotely both for U.S. and European companies)

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: ultra-modern PHP (7.x), Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, jQuery/Vue.js, MySQL/MongoDB, Git

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Computing and Information Science and am an author of Mastering Laravel 5, conference speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and open source contributor.

My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2017) on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @11:04AM (#13541747)
SEEKING WORK

Location: American (Pittsburgh, PA) living abroad

Remote: Yes (two years experience working remotely)

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: ultra-modern PHP (7.x), Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, jQuery/Vue.js, MySQL/MongoDB, Git

Fields: Healthcare, Diabetes, Banking, Advertising, Translation

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009.

I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Computing and Information Science and am an author of Mastering Laravel 5, conference speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and open source contributor. My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2017) on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @11:03AM (#13541720)
Location: American (Pittsburgh, PA) living abroad

Remote: Yes (two years experience working remotely both for U.S. and European companies)

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: ultra-modern PHP (7.x), Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, jQuery/Vue.js, MySQL/MongoDB, Git

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009.

I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Computing and Information Science and am an author of Mastering Laravel 5, conference speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and open source contributor.

My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2017) on Monday January 02, 2017 @11:53AM (#13302288)
Location: Palermo, Italy

Remote: Yes (with remote experience)

Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, PHP, MySQL, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications, and recently remotely, since 1999. The majority of my career has been full stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe. I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer reviewed publications, an invited speaker at phpDay, PHP UK, and founder of the Palermo PHP User Group.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2016) on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @01:05PM (#11816101)
Location: Palermo, Italy

Remote: Yes (with remote experience)

Willing to relocate: For the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, PHP, MySQL, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications, and recently remotely, since 1999. The majority of my career has been full stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe.

I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer reviewed publications, an invited speaker at phpDay, PHP UK, and founder of the Palermo PHP User Group.

I hold a B.S. degree in Computing & Information Science-Saint Vincent College (Latrobe Pennsylvania).

My research work includes biomedical informatics and machine translation. I contribute to the Glucosio open source project, a diabetes management app.

My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2016) on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:03AM (#11611890)
Location: Palermo, Italy

Remote: Yes (with experience)

Willing to relocate: For the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack LAMP/LEMP (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, Drupal, PHP, MySQL, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications, and recently remotely, since 1999. The majority of my career has been full stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe.

I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer reviewed publications, an invited speaker at phpDay, PHP UK, and founder of the Palermo PHP User Group. I hold a B.S. degree in Computing & Information Science-Saint Vincent College (Latrobe Pennsylvania). My research work includes biomedical informatics and machine translation. I contribute to the Glucosio open source project, a diabetes management app. My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2016) on Friday April 01, 2016 @11:04AM (#11405288)
Location: Palermo, Italy

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: For the right opportunity

Technologies: Fullstack (Laravel 5.x, Symfony 2.x, Drupal, PHP, MySQL, etc.)

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications, and recently remotely, since 1999. The majority of my career has been full stack web application development in both the United States and also Europe.

I am the author of Mastering Laravel (Packt) and other peer reviewed publications, an invited speaker at phpDay, PHP UK, and founder of the Palermo PHP User Group. I hold a B.S. degree in Computing & Information Science-Saint Vincent College (Latrobe Pennsylvania). My research work includes biomedical informatics and machine translation. I contribute to the Glucosio open source project, a diabetes management app. My native language is English, I speak fluent Italian, and I regularly travel.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2015) on Sunday March 01, 2015 @10:24AM (#9127327)
Location: American (Pittsburgh, PA) living abroad in Italy

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Technologies: Laravel 4/5, modern PHP (5.5, 5.6, etc), CodeIgniter, jQuery, MySQL, Apache, MongoDB, Xdebug, Linux.

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. since 1999 and Europe since 2009.

For the last two years, I have been using the Laravel Framework in an Agile/Scrumban environment and a TDD/BDD (Behat/PHPSpec)-based approach to building applications running on LAMP/LEMP.

I hold a B.S. degree in Computer Science and I am a writer (currently "Mastering Laravel 5" for Packt), speaker (phpDay 2014, PHP UK 2015), and contributor to open source projects whenever possible.

I speak native English, Italian, and I travel frequently.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2014) on Monday December 01, 2014 @02:44PM (#8683224)
Location: American living abroad in Italy

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Technologies: Laravel, modern PHP, MySQL, MongoDB

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. until 1999 and Europe since 2009 (Agile, Scrum, Kanban). Most recently, I have been using a TDD-based approach and the Laravel Framework (XDebug, composer, etc) to build applications running on LAMP/LEMP. I hold a B.S. degree in Computer Science and have recently become a writer and speaker and contribute to open source projects whenever possible. I speak native English, Italian, and I travel frequently.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2014) on Saturday November 01, 2014 @09:18AM (#8542929)
Location: American living abroad in Italy

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Technologies: Laravel, modern PHP, MySQL, MongoDB

Résumé: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have worked as a full-stack web application developer in the U.S. until 1999 and Europe since 2009 (Agile, Scrum, Kanban).

Most recently, I have been using a TDD-based approach and the Laravel Framework (XDebug, composer, etc) to build applications running on LAMP/LEMP.

I hold a B.S. degree in Computer Science and have recently become a writer and speaker and contribute to open source projects whenever possible.

I speak native English, Italian, and I travel frequently.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2014) on Monday September 01, 2014 @09:57AM (#8252815)
Location: Palermo, Italy

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Laravel, PHP, MongoDB, MySQL

Resume: I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and have been building web applications since 1999.

The majority of my career has been full stack web application development in the United States and most recently, in Europe. My current development platform is Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS, MySQL5.6, Apache2.4, and PHP5.5. My latest passion is the Laravel 4.x PHP Framework using TDD, XDebug, and agile methodologies.

I am a co-author in several peer reviewed publications, an invited speaker at phpDay 2014, and hold a B.S. degree in Computing & Information Science-Saint Vincent College (Latrobe Pennsylvania).

My research work includes biomedical informatics and machine translation. I contribute to open source projects whenever possible.

My native language is English and I speak fluent Italian, I have visited eight countries, and my non-career interests are travel and languages.

http://linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2014) on Friday August 01, 2014 @12:17PM (#8121036)
Location: Palermo, Italy

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no (Fluent/Native English Speaker, U.S. Citizen, E.U. visa)

Technologies: Fullstack: PHP 5.5, Laravel 4.2, Javascript/jQuery, MySQL, MongoDB, HTML5, CSS3, git flow

Resume: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispecoraro

Email: [email protected]