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Total oDesk hours:
582
Location:
Shenzhen, China (GMT+08:00)
English Skills: (self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
June 17, 2008
Last Worked:
December 2, 2008
Current Assignments:
1
Total Assignments:
1
oDesk Ready:  
Yes
 
 
 
 

Brett Zamir - PHP5/Smarty/JavaScript/XML/XHTML-CSS and Firefox extension developer - Freelance Programmer / Developer, China

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Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Hours Feedback
16649 07/2008 - Present XUL developer 582 hrs
See All Tests Taken (10 items)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers 5.00 99% TOP 10% 1st Place! 06/17/2008 27 min
XML 1.0 Test 4.10 99% TOP 10% 2nd Place! 06/17/2008 18 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.90 97% TOP 10% 06/17/2008 16 min
HTML 4.01 Test 4.25 95% TOP 10% 06/17/2008 26 min
CSS 2.0 Test 4.10 93% TOP 10% 06/17/2008 16 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title Initiated By Date
Firefox Plugin Developer Buyer November 18, 2008
Job Category Interests

Web Development

Software Development

Writing
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
No Skills
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
No Certifications
Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
02/2008 Present Hong Kong Baha'i Academic Web developer / Independent Contributor Developed website for http://bahai-academic.hk .
  • XHTML 1.1/CSS/Smarty
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  • Multilingual/Unicode
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  • Database abstraction
  • Front-end caching of images/stylesheets/scripts and minification
01/2008 Present Sitening, LLC Firefox extension developer / Independent Contributor Developed a Firefox extension in conjunction with Sitening, LLC's Raven Search Engine Optimization website.

The extension allows users to manage their "link campaigns", login to social networks and analyze web pages.

Special Features:
1) Uses XHR (Ajax) + JSON to retrieve user data
2) Uses cookie observers and setting to ensure that the toolbar and website are synchronized with their display data and login status.
3) Loads a webpage from the site and interacts via the DOM to auto-populate the fields with links obtained from the currently loaded website.

Responsibilities:
1) Worked with employer along the way to ensure application fit their needs
2) Developed the extension after making an estimate and offering suggested improvements
3) Ensured worked across Mozilla browsers and versions (and took advantage of Firefox 3's new favicons service).
4) Provided updating means for the extension at the website (using PHP5) in conjunction with Firefox's own install files.
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
No Education
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Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Hours Feedback
16649 07/2008 - Present XUL developer 582 hrs
Fixed-Price Assignment History
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
Fixed-Price Assignment History is empty
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
oDesk Readiness Test for Independent Contractors and Company Managers 5.00 99% TOP 10% 1st Place! 06/17/2008 27 min
XML 1.0 Test 4.10 99% TOP 10% 2nd Place! 06/17/2008 18 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.90 97% TOP 10% 06/17/2008 16 min
HTML 4.01 Test 4.25 95% TOP 10% 06/17/2008 26 min
CSS 2.0 Test 4.10 93% TOP 10% 06/17/2008 16 min
XHTML 1.0 Test 4.10 93% TOP 10% 06/17/2008 20 min
DHTML Test 3.75 82% TOP 20% 06/17/2008 24 min
PHP4 Test 3.60 76% 06/17/2008 25 min
JavaScript 1.3 Test 3.50 72% 06/17/2008 21 min
PHP5 Test 3.75 71% 06/17/2008 28 min