Well said! Let's be courteous to job posters and put an end to the online discussion of job ads.
- Mike On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Craig Ambrose <cr...@craigambrose.com>wrote: > I think guidelines for job postings will make the problem worse, because > they legitimise picking on the postings. I'd certainly like to see us reach > an agreement to allow job postings as they come, and to simple not reply to > them on list with our comments, or meta comments. I know not everyone here > agrees with this, but consider the following thought. > > At any given point in time, for some people on this list, getting a job or > contract is probably directly relevant to their livelihood, paying their > mortgage and feeding their family. No matter whether you think that good > grammar, non-commercial tone, or some other style issue is important to you, > all of those niggles pale in comparison the the aforementioned. So, since > we're all friends here, I find it hard to believe that there's anyone who > can hold in their mind the thought that one of their mates here might need > that job add in very serious way and put aside all other minor concerns. > > Also, consider that people posting jobs are typically not long term members > of this community. Any guidelines we suggest for job postings, even just > subject heading ones, will cause an increase in meta-discussion because they > will get violated (through ignorance) and people will mention it. The only > behaviour that we can reasonably change is the behaviour of the members of > this community, not the visitors. > > I know various people suggested job boards and things, and I'm not > surprised as we're helpful folks who do like to suggest available > technology. But, is there anyone who, knowing that some people on this list > do want to receive job postings to the list, find themselves very strongly > of the opinion that this isn't ok? If anyone does, I think it'd be handy if > they spoke up so that it can be debated. > > Craig > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rails-oceania%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
