We are happy to announce that planning is underway for the 2011 Zend/PHP Conference which will be held in Santa Clara, October 17-20. ZendCon 2011 will be the best conference yet and we would like to invite you to be a part of it! A conference is only as good as its speakers and we are looking for the best speakers to share their knowledge and expertise with the PHP community. Attendees will include developers, architects, development managers, decision makers, core PHP developers and community members.

The key themes they're looking for this year are cloud computing, mobile and user experience and enterprise/professional PHP topics. Within those themes there's several other sub-categories including:

• Architecture & Best Practices
• Zend Framework 1&2
• Rich Internet Apps and Mobile/Tablet - Flash /Flex/HTML 5/CSS3/Ajax
• Standards Compliance
• Real World Case Studies, Designs and Data Models

The Call for Papers will close on May 20th, 2011 and speakers will be given a hotel night for each of their sessions that are accepted. Submit your ideas at www.zendcon.com/input to see if you'll be selected!

UPDATE: for a bit more information on the categories, see this new post on Kevin Schroeder's blog.

Jayson Minard, ZendCon 2010 Conference Chair, sent the news to ZendCon veterans just yesterday, but that doesn't mean that the rest of us who haven't presented at this PHP conference can't join the fun! [...] Minard mentions a number of topics for which they're looking for proposals, including PHP development and best practices; working with SQL databases, search engines and alternative data stores; UI, AJAX and Rich Internet Applications; agile processes and project management; and real-world case studies, designs and data models'"among other areas.

If you want to get your proposal in, you'll need to get it in quick - the Call for Papers ends on May 6th, 2010. This year's ZendCon conference will run from November 1st through 4th in Santa Clara, California.

You love coding and building new things. You're smart, you're fast, and most importantly, you always get it done. Admit it, you're a rockstar.

Chegg is looking for an experienced, energetic PHP Developer. The ideal candidate for this position has worked with high-load, high-availability websites previously and must be comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment.

About Chegg

Funded by 2 top tier VC's, Chegg is changing the way college students obtain textbooks. Already on over 4,000 campuses, Chegg is the #1 in book rentals. Chegg was recently featured on Techcrunch.

www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/09/textbook-rentals-big-business-kleiner-perkins-goes-after-chegg/

Responsibilities:

• Work in a fast paced and highly collaborative development environment tasked with engineering improvements to our site's features, performance and interface using PHP
• Build new features and enhancements as we scale our systems with growth.
• Prototype and implement optimization techniques and participate in design and code reviews
• Continuously improve Chegg's products, usability and user experience.

Requirements:

• Strong background in web application development using PHP
• Well versed in code optimization and software design principles
• Experience with an object oriented coding language
• Experience working in a Unix/Linux environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Ability to identify performance bottlenecks in PHP applications
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels

Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision plans with no premium for employees
• Complimentary catered breakfast, lunch and compensated dinner daily
• Laundry service
• Subsidized gym membership

Send resume to careers@chegg.com.

The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

Yahoo! Audience Product Platforms is looking for engineers to build great new applications and enhance the capabilities of its existing applications. This engineer needs to be able to quickly learn/leverage multiple technologies, assess appropriateness and have the hands on get-go attitude to implement these solutions both individually and by working with other team-members.

Required Knowledge:

• BS in computer science (MS preferred)
• 6+ years of experience
• Fluency in a subset of C/C++, JAVA.
• Good understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization techniques, and object-oriented programming.
• Strong debugging skills and the ability to optimize code for speed.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

Preferred Knowledge:

• Prior technical leadership of significant projects through product life cycle is desirable.
• Previous experience with web server technologies and knowledge of databases.
• Experience in PHP, PERL and shell scripting would be highly preferred.

PLEASE COME AND VISIT US AT YAHOO BOOTH AT THE PHP CONFERENCE Sept 15-18

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

Please send resumes to Shawn Cartwright, Shawncar@yahoo-inc.com

The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?
Yahoo! Travel is the leading travel research property on the Internet, with an interesting suite of research, comparison and planning products including Travel Guides, FareChase, and Trip Planner. If you are intrigued by the challenge of building highly scalable and reliable software in a dynamic team environment, and you are excited by the thought that millions will see your work every day, this job is for you!

Required Knowledge: