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Omniture Web Analytics Competition — Fall 2008
The semiannual Omniture Web Analytics Competition kicks off this Thursday at 251 TNRB (Tanner Building) in the Marriott School building of the BYU campus in Provo, Utah (Google Map). The competition is co-sponsored by Omniture (OMTR) and the Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness at BYU.
Check out the event notice on Facebook for more [...]
Time for a Change
I received an email today from a dear colleague that starts with “I don’t even know where to begin…”
Me, too.
Today marks my last day as an employee of SOS Engineering & Technology, and my last day running the Orem, Utah branch of their company. Tuesday, I will begin working in the recruiting department of [...]
Utah Open Source Conference: Aug 28-30 at SLCC Redwood
Utah Open Source Conference
Thursday August 28, 2008 - Saturday August 30, 2008
Salt Lake Community College Redwood Campus
4600 S Redwood Road
Salt Lake City, Utah 84130
Website: http://2008.utosc.com
The Utah Open Source Conference 2008 will be held at the Salt Lake Community College, Redwood Road campus from August 28 - 30, 2008.
The Salt Lake Community College Computer Science department [...]
Geek Dinner Thursday 7-31 at Paradise Bakery
Looking for the Utah geeks, bloggers and coders? You’ll find them at the Utah Geek/Blogger Dinner. This month, we’re meeting at Paradise Bakery. If you have been feeling lonely for computer conversation in the Salt Lake Valley, you’ll find it all here!
THEY HAVE WI-FI, so you can bring your laptop if you want!
RSVP at Upcoming.org: [...]
See Batman the Dark Knight FREE TODAY
Local tech company Bungee Labs is hosting a FREE showing of Batman the Dark Knight this afternoon at 4:00pm. (I interviewed @ReverendTed from Bungee last Friday on the Couchcast)
We believe Utah is home to many amazing companies…and we want to get to
know more of you.
Bring your family or friends and join us this Tuesday, [...]
Utah Jobs Growing
Matthew Reinbold was kind enough to use a few of my comments in a recent piece on Utah Job Growth at UtahPulse.com.
Here’s some of the takeaways:
“Unemployment is still below the generally-accepted measure for ‘full-employment’ of 4-5%,” Robert Merrill, Technical Account Manager for SOS Engineering and Technology, said. “This means that people who would otherwise choose [...]
4 Factors Creating Utah Workforce Funk
There’s no question something interesting is happening with Utah’s professional/technical workforce right now, and I think there are no less than four competing factors at play any business-owner should be paying very close attention to:
Real and Wage Inflation
Intense Competition for Talent
Corporate cost-cutting
High Energy/Commute Costs
The hardest part to pin-down is that the economic indicators show a [...]
Utah Tries Four Day Work-Week
On August 4th, Utah will begin its move to a four-day work week, a move that should save up to about 20% of the state’s expenses by 2015.
The change will apply to about 17,000 employees, roughly 80% of the state workforce, [Utah State Governor] Huntsman says. Public universities, the state court system, prisons and other [...]
Job Posting: PHP/MySQL Programmers. Symfony, RAD experience needed
SOS Engineering & Technology is immediately seeking several qualified PHP/MySQL programmers to work on exciting new projects.
We are seeking both candidates for front-end and back-end development, including architecture.
Front-end programmers must have mastery of HTML, AJAX, CSS and JS. PHP knowledge preferred.
Back-End programmers must have no-less than reasonable experience with PHP4/5, MySQL (LAMP stack) and highly [...]
Hiring: Senior Application Developer US-UT-SLC (Draper)
Our client is immediately seeking top candidates to help fill a key-critical Senior Application Developer/Engineer position in their Draper, Utah office (Salt Lake City Metro Area). This is a Direct Hire opportunity with our client.
This position will be highly visible within their company, as you will report directly to VP-Engineering. Experienced software engineers with excellent [...]
