Subj : Re: Question about minimal requirements in programming
To   : comp.programming
From : rem642b
Date : Wed Jul 27 2005 12:51 pm

> From: CTips <ctips@bestweb.net>
> we'd be willing to pay a *minimum* of $80kloc [+ bonus + relocation]
> to someone whose got both solid programming skills and a good
> computer-science + mathematical background ... And we still can't find
> them :(

I'm available, why haven't you been able to find me?
(BTW Have you ever heard of the William Lowell Putnam competition?)
How about you setting up an audition for me, whereby I can prove my
skills at writing software, and if I pass muster then you agree to hire
me, OK? You list a few simple programming tasks that are brand-new
applications/tools so I can't cheat by just copying something somebody
else already wrote, but which would take only a couple days of work by
a skilled programmer, and I'll pick one that I can complete in a couple
days and set it up as a Web-serverside application for you to play with
to see if it works as requested. But I'm not going to spend two days of
my labor unless you agree beforehand that if I succeed then you'll hire
me. OK?

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