Business card revision: "Bootstrap engineer."

[elfs]

So, I've been thinking about revising my business card.

For those of you who've seen it, it's a messy affair, a pretentious scramble of pseudo-XML that proclaims I am a "web developer."

I was thinking of something much simpler: a glossy-sided card with a well-chosen font with my name, some contact information, and the title "Bootstrap Engineer."

It leads into my elevator pitch: "I'm the guy you hire to get your web-based startup off the ground. You need someone who can do everything from code your CSS to administer your cloud-based deployment scheme, who can recommend, deploy, and integrate a continual integration, bug-tracking and agile/XP management plan, while also implementing the necessary peripherals of any web-based scheme, like social networking integration, remote purchasing, authentication, administration panels, analytics, and encryption. I can do this in python, perl, ruby, or node, with Django, Catalyst, Rails, Express, or Zappa. I'm the one-man band that keeps a start-up's game of musical chairs going long enough, strong enough, for you to get the funding needed to afford more chairs."

Does it sound wrong? Or could I sell it?

Comments

[steeleheart.livejournal.com]

That has got to be the best elevator pitch ever.

Although I would re-write the pitch just a little....

I'm the guy you hire to get your web-based startup (change to business?) off the ground. You need someone who can do everything from code your CSS to administer your cloud-based deployment scheme, who can design, recommend, deploy, and integrate a continual integration (sounds repetitive), bug-tracking and agile/XP management plan, (change to a period) w(W)hile also implementing the necessary peripherals of any web-based scheme, like social networking integration (remove integration here), remote purchasing, authentication, administration panels, analytics, and encryption. I can do this in python, perl, ruby, or node, with Django, Catalyst, Rails, Express, or Zappa. I'm the one-man band that keeps a start-up's game of musical chairs going long enough, and strong enough, for you to get the funding needed to afford more chairs.

[zanfur.livejournal.com]

That is *awesome*. Totally do it.