The best one I had was from a chap I was interviewing for a promotion to the development team.
He sat down and started running through his list of skills and then proceeded to show me a Delphi project he'd written. I was just thinking this guy is better than me when something just caught my eye. I scrolled back to the top of the source file and there in big letters "Copyright Borland Corporation". This chap was only trying to pass off the Delphi samples as his own work !! Didn't even have the brains to remove the standard comments. He never did get the job... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: 02 January 2008 23:10 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] computer job ads, then and now Yes. Aditionally, the work ethic is lacking in many of these guys. We had one summer intern think nothing of sleeping at his desk. All he had to do was stay awake, graduate, and he would have received an entry level position. But there was no way anyone was going to sponsor him after catching him snoozing several times. --- Ricardo Aráoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Crooks wrote: > > I can not imagine what the year 2020 will look > like. Can you? > > > > > > Dec 27, 1994 ... > > > > PC REPAIR TECHNICIAN Individual must have 2-3 > years experience in the > > repair of PC hardware with a strong electronics > background Must able to > > analyze run and take appropriate action. Must > possess working knowledge > > of MS-DOS ... > > > > ------------------- > > > > Dec 21, 2007 > > > > . Front end development with skills in JavaScript, > CSS, Ajax, DOM, > > DHTML, XHTML, XML, XSL, XSLT and 2-3 years with a > server side > > technology; PHP 5 > > and or Java. > > . Experience building and integrating with AJAX > frameworks, specifically > > with DOJO widget driven architectures using dijit, > and other JavaScript > > frameworks. . Ability to quickly take mockups / > comps and build > > production ready CSS driven pages to defined > specifications > > incorporating cross browser rendering, > > performance and display issues. > > . Ability to build scalable, efficient event > driven UI features for > > heavily trafficked site with 1.6 million+ daily > unique visitors. > > . Experiencing building and using Web services, > JSON RPC, SOAP, WSDL, > > REST, XML-RPC. > > . Experience connecting widgets/Ajax enabled > features with MySQL, Oracle > > and other enterprise data sources. > > . Test driven development experience and iterative > process; SCRUM, > > Agile, Pair / XP. > > . Version control using Subversion. > > . Flash, Actionscript experience a plus. > > . Experience with servlet containers / app > servers; Resin, Apache and > > mod_caucho a plus > > > > David L. Crooks > > > > I used to think I was under trained or something > when reading those ads. > Until in my previous job I met these young guys, > average, some knowledge > but what you would expect for their years. But if > you took a look at > their CV's you would've thought they were about to > get a Nobel. All > kinds of groups of upper case letters, but when you > sat with them to > solve a real problem they were average guys. > Have you perceived the same thing over there? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.