Candidature - Alan Reyes Vilchis

'''Loic Dachary suggests working on jquery.cardstories.js tests to 100% http://tickets.farsides.com/issues/120 ''' I am a young man who likes computers, RPGs, anime and fantasy literature.
 * Can you describe yourself briefly? What did you work on so far ?

I had worked on a Human-Resources Company, as a developer. Worked on POS enterelly made in PHP. Currently, I work at Grupo Elektra, one of the biggest commercial groups of México, as developer of its POS. Aside from the professional experience, I've been working on an engine for MMORPG-type webgames, wich uses AJAX extensively.

There are many reasons. - At college, I specialized in Intelligent Systems but n the jobs I had until now, I wasn't able to put in practice any of that because of the nature of the developements on that companies. - I like to play videogames. But I love much more to create them and I ever wanted to work making games. - I want to work from home, because I have a pregnant wife, and I want to be more time close to her and my future baby. (Also, she's my official first tester). - I like to learn new things, new technologies, new frameworks. In the jobs I have had, there were not much to learn, so I get bored.
 * Why are you looking at a new job? And why with Farsides?

Full-time
 * Are you looking for a part time or a full time ? If part time, how many days or half days per week ?

22,000 MXN/Month, around 1890 USD.
 * How much were you earning in your last job ?

For the chance to be closer to my family, I'm ready to drop my earnings down to 1200 USD but I would like to earn around 1500 USD.
 * How much do you wish to earn at Farsides ?

No.
 * Are you currently a freelancer ?

Tlalpan, Federal District, Mexico's capital city
 * Where do you live ?

Technical
Mainly Windows (XP, Vista, 7) but I have experience also on Linux (OpenSUSE)
 * What is the operating system you have the most experience with?

My favorite languages are C# and PHP, but I am always ready to learn new languages. I can't live without jQuery over JavaScript, and also I like to use Ext.Js for administrative front-ends.
 * What are your favorites development languages/frameworks?

Not yet.
 * Did you contribute to free software projects already (code or other) ? (if yes, please include a link)

- Object oriented development. Excellent. Always used.
 * What is your experience with the following

- Git: None yet, but I've used SVN and ClearCase,

- Symfony: I have read of it, not tried yet.

- Facebook/social network APIs: Wishing to learn, but none yet.

- Unit tests: None, yet.

- Online communities: High, I am member of some, and I had been administrator of a few ones. I have experience installing forums (phpBB, IPB) and other CMS alike (Elgg, etc).

- Games: As a player, I have to admit that I am an average player. But I liked to design and develop games since 8th grade. I learned programming using Game Maker (and its Game Maker Language). I started making Shooters, and little demos of minimal RPG engines.

- SCRUM: None yet.