Lately we've been getting new clients who were using other consultants, who either have moved on to other things, or have gotten too busy to take on work and even are telling clients they can't help them anymore. There's a real need for more help in the community.
I started as a user, who steadily answered questions on the user list until I got hired, and slowly went full time. If you're a user and you like working with Miva Merchant (or at least are good at it), consider doing some consulting on the side and maybe going full time eventually. Miva Merchant will be viable for many years to come, and there will be trouble soon if all the consultants leave (except us). If you're interested, contact me at cal@doubleplus.com and maybe we can discuss some subcontracted projects to get you started.
Why would I recruit competitors? Because there's too much work for just my company, and if people can't get help, they'll move to other platforms, and then the whole community suffers!
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One of the biggest issues I've seen is the lack of MIVA docs and information to try and become a consultant. I've spent the last 2 months trying to build a module and I have to say, MIVA script is one of the poorer languages and the worst documented language I've used in the past 17 years. I would love to do work on MIVA, but I have to say, the lack of information about Script and how to use Script in the Store is a huge barrier. I wrote what I needed originally in PERL in 6 hours, I've spent 6 weeks trying to learn and get a MIVA module to do the same thing.
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