On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, Andrew Calvo wrote: > Hi David, > > Could you send this message out to all of your User Groups that you just > sent this message to? Let me know...It would be great if you could send > this out by Monday morning. > Andrew,
I would be glad to send it out. I hope no one considers this SPAM. Of course, most of us do not regard HELP WANTED ads to be SPAM - certainly not in the current economy. (People, the following is an announcement of positions at Amazon.com) Actually, one PLUG member took a job at Amazon.com a few years ago after getting his Ph.D. from the Oregon Graduate Center. The last I heard he was quite happy there. Dave > > At Amazon.com, our engineers are working on some of the planet's most > complex challenges in large-scale computing. And thanks to our technology - > that we've built from the ground up - the results have been historic. It's > no wonder we attract the world's most brilliant scientific minds. That's > why we're in Portland for OSCON. > > Senior Software Engineers & Web Developers - Seattle > We seek smart, results-oriented and customer focused people who write code > and build systems to solve real business problems. Software Engineers > require knowledge of OO design and development, experience building > large-scale systems in C++ or Java on UNIX or Linux, and algorithms > expertise. Web Developers must have experience with Perl/Mason to build > software for the presentation layer, as well as proficiency in > usability/HCI, C/C++, Javascript, DHTML and Flash. A Computer Science or > Math degree and 5 + years' experience are preferred for both positions. > > We'll be networking and conducting interviews Wednesday and Thursday at our > booth in the OSCON Exhibit Hall, Portland Downtown Marriott. There is no > cost to attend the exhibit hall, which is open Wednesday 10am-4:30pm and > 6:00-7:30pm, and Thursday 10am-4:30pm > > So be sure to stop by the Amazon.com booth, #605, if you'd like to learn > more. Or, email your resume to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please indicate "Portland" > in the subject line, and include info on the type of challenges you'd enjoy > most, and your availability for an in-person interview over the next 2 > weeks. Relocation will be provided for these Seattle-based positions. > > > Want to learn more? Visit www.amazon.com/techjobs > > Amazon.com > > Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 01:01 PM 7/4/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > >PLUG has a booth at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference on Wednesday > >July 9, 2003 and Thursday July 10, 2003. I was sort of coordinating > >things for this, but I have taken a NEW JOB and won't be available. > >As a result, Dale Zeutenhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has been kind > >enough to step in at the last minute and take over. He will need > >volunteers to help man (or woman) the booth. > > > >So, > > > > (1) If anyone has any ideas on the best (and cheapest) way > > of using this space and want to help contact Dale. > > > > (2) Also, I signed up for the booth as the Portland Linux/Unix Group, > > but we would love to have people from the Mid-Willamette > > Valley Linux Users Group and the Eugene Linux Users Group > > and the groups in Astoria and Tillamook and Bend and Medford > > or where ever. If anyone is coming from where ever bring > > some literature for the table if you have any. Also, a small > > sign would be nice. Since we registered as the Portland > > Linux/Unix Group the conference will provide us with a sign > > (I assume), but we are happy to share with other groups. > > This booth is definitely non-commercial, but it is ok > > to make people aware of key group sponsors and group > > consultant lists and things like that. Just keep it low key. > > Is Free Geek coming to the conference? If not, we would > > have some of their flyers on the table. What about > > LinuxFund.org? > > > > (3) Finally, we need volunteers to man the booth. > > If you don't have a conference pass at this point, you may > > still be able to get one by volunteering to man the booth, > > but volunteer SOON. Dale needs to get the name of our > > volunteers to O'Reilly ASAP. We are really late on this. > > Also, I don't know what type of pass O'Reilly will give > > conference volunteers, but they have hinted that it might > > be a pretty good pass if there aren't too many of them. > > So, it you want to volunteer contact: > > Dale Zeutenhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > with your: > > Name (first and last): > > Email address: > > Phone number: > > Information Dale can use to schedule you. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > David Mandel > > Chief Activist > > Portland Linux/Unix Group > > 1440 NE 59th > > Portland, Oregon 97213 > > (541) 730-5285 cell > > > > ====================================================================== > > David Mandel http://www.DavidMandel.com > > Portland Linux/Unix Group http://pdxLinux.org > > LinuxFund http://LinuxFund.org > > ====================================================================== > > Conferences Sales Manager > O'Reilly & Associates > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > > 707-827-7000 main > 707-827-7176 direct > 707-823-9746 fax > > ================================================================== > The 5th O'Reilly Open Source Convention July 7-11, 2003 > Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR > http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ > ================================================================== > > > > > > > Sincerely, David Mandel Chief Activist Portland Linux/Unix Group 1440 NE 59th Portland, Oregon 97213 (360) 260-2066 at work (541) 730-5285 cell ====================================================================== David Mandel, Product Manager http://www.MicroSharp.com Other Affiliations David Mandel http://www.DavidMandel.com Portland Linux/Unix Group http://pdxLinux.org LinuxFund http://LinuxFund.org ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug