Programmer for hire

What I'm offering:
I'm willing to look at legacy Visual Basic 5 (VB5) and Visual Basic 6 (VB6) projects with a view to fixing bugs, improving existing features or adding new ones. I'm also willing to explore conversion of legacy projects to Visual Basic 2005 and 2008.

Other specialties include custom programs for data mining.

Once the job is completed to your satisfaction, payment is made and you get the updated source code back again. This leaves you free to employ other programmers to work on the same project in future.

I can also put simple websites together very quickly. You'll find two of my recent efforts here and here .. and of course, the one you're looking at now. All I need is content and images, and I can tart up either as required.

Contact me, give me the gist of what you're after, and if I think it's something I can tackle we can take it from there.

From a user's point of view, you may be the best programmer in the business. You have a knack for no extra bulls**t, your interfaces and functionality are clean, straightforward and elegant. Many, many thanks. Dan

Rates and payment
I work freelance, and rates are quoted per-project, based on my estimate of the work involved. There are no revised estimates after I start work, unless you revise the requirements.

My working environment:
I work from home (Western Australia), and I'm looking for contract work, not full- or part-time employment. My timetable is flexible, and I'm willing to work with anyone, wherever you're located.

Confidentiality
I won't reveal who I'm working for, discuss projects with others, steal source code, release other people's work as my own or hold you to ransom.

Agreements
I have to know what you want me to do, and I don't mind discussing this at length to ensure we're a good match.

I need to see a copy of the project, with source code, to determine whether it's something I can work on. If revealing the source code at this early stage is a problem, I'll need to install and run the exe file as a minimum. (I use virtual machines to quarantine apps from my own system.)

Experience
I have programming experience dating back to 1983, when I taught myself BASIC as a 15-year-old. I'd have started sooner, but up to that point I'd never seen a computer before.
Since then I've designed and written large, complex and very reliable apps in QB45 (QuickBasic), VB/Dos, Visual Basic 3, Visual Basic 4, Visual Basic 5 and Visual Basic 6. These apps include multi-user accounting software, factory management software, order tracking software, appointment booking software and many more.

Education
I have two degrees from Curtin University: A Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, Film and Literature, and a Grad Dip in computer science. I scored 85-95% across the board during the computer science course.

Existing projects
A quick glance around my site (or at the sidebar to the right) will lead you to a varied range of applications I've designed and written, most of them put together for my own use and then given away for free. Programming is my life, something I do for enjoyment and relaxation, and not just a job.
If you want to see examples of my work, yWriter4 is one of my recent apps and FCharts is the most complex. Feel free to download, install and play.

Hope to hear from you soon!