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From St. Louis Business Journal:  City living has become fashionable again. We are seeing investment in north St. Louis and across the U.S. as cities are welcoming new urban dwellers, primarily young professionals and retirees seeking easy, environmentally friendly access to entertainment, recreation and jobs. As developers and the real estate market respond, policymakers and […]

An Open Cover Letter JW Mon, 10/03/2022 - 19:15

To you it may concern,

I am applying for the job you posted.

In order to expedite this process, here are my constraints.

Conceptually and practically I believe I understand what I applied for.

I consider myself a generalist and web builder (production artist).
Developer leans more to "programming from scratch" and I am more hack than writer.

However, I have been doing "Full Stack", since I started over 20 years ago.
FullStack: DNS, Web, Mail, eCommerce
My sites have always been optimized for different platforms, so I haven't used apps.

I recently did a crash course on Full Stack as it is now and ok.
It seems a lot like Flash to me, but it's still all about the schema.
I could work on an existing project, but probably not write from scratch.

I started out with Filemaker, Lasso a Merchant Account and PayPal.
Graduated to hand-coding SQL when PHP was released. (yep)
After literally trying all the different CMSs, I ended up on Drupal.

Drupal is what I've built on for 20 years, through all the painful changes/versions.
It's always been able to fill the need and I've never needed anything else.

Most jobs seem to be looking for WordPress.
I recently did a few installations of Wordpress.
It's smooth, can be managed without CLI and has a lot of modules.
(also free on my very expensive former rackspace now liquidweb grandfathered cloudsites)
I can handle doing these sites for a paycheck.
It's open source and the PHP is straightforward.

My wife (breadwinner) works at City Hall and does not drive.
My dog is used to me being home and will have to be let out at lunch.
Hybrid or work from home is ideal, but if the location is between/adjacent to Downtown and Princeton Heights, I can make it work for on-site.

(to be continued – with the good part)

PS. Feel let me know that I am not a fit ASAP. I'm a little ADD and I don't have that kind of time to waste.

PSS. If you're already sold, click here to schedule an appt.

 

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ALTON – OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center is pleased to add a new clinical psychologist to its staff to better serve the Alton community and surrounding areas. The addition of Ari Lakritz, PsyD, ensures increased access for patients in need of behavioral health and psychological testing services at the OSF Saint Anthony’s Health Center – Psychological Services office at 1 Saint Anthony’s Way in Alton. In addition to providing clinical assessment and outpatient therapy treatment, Dr. Lakritz will provide psychological testing for diagnoses that include ADHD, chronic pain and cognitive impairments including dementia, post stroke, concussion and IQ testing/learning disabilities. Dr. Lakritz received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Yeshiva University in New York, and he received both a Master of Arts and Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology from William Paterson University. Dr. Lakritz interned with Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

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The Maplewood Jack in the Box closed permanently on Monday. That’s according to an employee on the site, signs in the windows, and Google. The location, at 7520 Manchester Road, is owned by Foodmaker Inc. It was built in 1970 according to county records.

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