Recommendations for Dan Pickett
| # | Who? | Comment | When? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Chris Houhoulis | Dan has accomplished a variety of Rails projects including github projects. He is also a longstanding advocate and contributor to the Rails community via his presentations, his mentoring (http://www.railsmentors.org) and his blog. | about 1 year ago |
| 20 | Elad Meidar | Dan is just great and one of the people i feel comfortable asking and consulting with and on the same time be absolutely sure it's the best answer i can get. | about 1 year ago |
| 19 | David Trasbo | over 2 years ago | |
| 18 | Russell Jones | over 2 years ago | |
| 17 | Angus Donaldson | over 2 years ago | |
| 16 | Mark Bates | over 2 years ago | |
| 15 | Larry Marburger | Dan rocks! He's always more than willing to sanity check my code or give me advice on how to fix our broken development process. | over 2 years ago |
| 14 | Rodrigo Kochenburger | over 2 years ago | |
| 13 | Jason Haruska | over 2 years ago | |
| 12 | Kevin Menard | over 2 years ago | |
| 11 | Mike Champion | over 2 years ago | |
| 10 | Brian Cardarella | over 3 years ago | |
| 9 | Pat Allan | over 3 years ago | |
| 8 | Ryan Angilly | I've known Pickett personally for years, so not only do I know that he just 'gets it' when it comes to developing great web apps, but I also know he's a great guy. Has the ability to tell you exactly what he thinks without being a jerk about it. Great c | over 3 years ago |
| 7 | Sean Hussey | I finally caught up with Dan at ProRubyConf. Professional, knows his stuff and has an extensive consulting network. | over 3 years ago |
| 6 | Michael Breen | over 3 years ago | |
| 5 | Josh Nichols | over 3 years ago | |
| 4 | Wyatt Greene | I had a great conversation with Dan at the most recent Ruby meeting. He's quite talented and very experienced and is willing to share his experience with others. Great guy! | over 3 years ago |
| 3 | Nick Plante | over 3 years ago | |
| 2 | Dan Croak | Dan's a regular at the Boston.rb meetings and hackfests. He's got a sweet first name, too! | over 3 years ago |
| 1 | James McElhiney | Dan is a tremendous Rails developer who also interfaces with business extremely well. | over 3 years ago |
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