Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths To : comp.programming,comp.software-eng From : Duane Bozarth Date : Fri Aug 12 2005 03:11 pm Alan Morgan wrote: > > In article , > Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t wrote: > >> From: CTips > >> Send me a resume. .... > >> anyone who has experience in writing system software (optimizing > >> compilers > > > >I'm curious why you list that specific requirement. It seems to me that > >all the existing CPUs already have fine compilers for them, so do you > >apply NIH (Not Invented Here) and insist on writing your own instead of > >paying the license fee for the existing compiler, or the existing > >compiler isn't generating properly optimized code and you have > >permission from the author to tweak it to generate better code, or you > >don't need a compiler written at all, you need some other task > >performed, but you don't believe anyone would have experience with that > >task, so you listed optimizing compiler as something more likely to > >match candidates' experience? > > Do you get this snippy with all people who try to hire you? There are > bunches of reasons. The CPU might be obscure, the language might be > obscure, they might be in the compiler business, or they might be > adding some useful extensions to an existing compiler for whatever > reason. Or they might be looking for people with experience working > with large, complex apps *like* compilers, operating systems, etc. .... Another group I monitor has an occasional poster w/ a similar obsessive detail manner. In his case at least there is apparently an actual clinical disorder although I can't recall the name nor was able to find a reference quickly. I've come to believe there's a similar issue here... .