Thank you for the opportunity to submit my proposal for your project entitled "Open House listing feeds" .
About Me:
I have been an Oracle professional for the past 10 years and an IT professional for the past 20 years. I have built and populated many databases (Oracle, MySQL, Sybase) over my 20+ year career and started my career as a professionally trained programmer and Unix administrator, specializing in Solaris, Linux, and AIX.
I am currently employed full-time as a Database Administrator for the Federal Government so my work experience is current and relavant. I work with Oracle databases, MySQL databases, clusters, RAC, and Streams replication on a daily basis. I also recently completed my Master's degree in Information Technology and have much experience in database design.
My full resume and feedback are located in my profile for your reference.
My proposal:
I am bidding this project for a competitive rate of $350 in exchange for positive feedback if you are happy with the results.
For your project, I have similar code already developed that reads Craigslist real estate posting from an RSS search feed (XML). The information would be aggregated in a MySQL database, usually included with most hosting plans. I could easily adapt that PHP code for your purposes.
Please note that I do this work in addition to my full time position and complete the work for considerably less cost than consultants and freelancers whose primary income is from freelancing, although I sometimes require additional time. I don't nickle and dime, you get a complete solution for the price quoted even if your desires or specs change slightly after the project starts or you need to contact me for any reason. Ultimately, you are buying a product from me and I want you to be completely satisfied with that product.
I am very interested in any work that involves Unix, Oracle, SQL, Web, and database administration and I look forward to working with you. Thanks for taking the time to review my proposal.
Paul O'Malley