Interview with Penn SAS External Affairs

This morning I interviewed for a part-time Web Media Content Creator position with the Web Development and Design Services group at the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences External Affairs office. The group needs someone adept in both the design and technical aspects of web development. More importantly, they need someone who can communicate effectively with the staff and clients, establish an understanding throughout the development process, and yield results. The individual would serve as sort of an interim web developer until all sites supported by SAS are migrated to the latest Drupal platform.

The technical requirements for the job are fairly basic. Site implementations are not to extend beyond simple HTML and CSS. Although, if I get the job, I would like to test the waters with some asynchronous JavaScript and XML. There are a number of shelved projects that could be tackled with Flash and ActionScript, and then again with HTML5 once the standard has been fully established and adopted.

I'm interested in Drupal. In the past, I refrained from using canned code because of the inherent excess overhead and unknowns it often introduced into projects. However I think the technology has matured to a point where it's relatively safe to use and worth exploring. I just installed Drupal 7 to my webspace and will be building my new site on the platform. With any luck, I'll get the job and be asked to stay on full-time as a Drupal developer. Fingers crossed.