Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Phlip
Date : Wed Aug 17 2005 07:00 pm

Chris Hills wrote:

> No problem.  You often need to take age (among many other factors) into
> account which is not the same thing as being ageist.

That's like saying you often need to take ____ into account, where ____ is 
certain unmentionables.

> When you interview you are not just looking for a skill set you are
> looking for a person to fit into a team or company.  This does not mean
> everyone is the same. You may want some "young blood" to bring
> innovation in to a stable (tired?) team  or some one older to stabilise
> a young team.

Allow me provide the counter example. I carefully practice sounding immature 
online. I drop skateboarder terms like "shred". Plenty here have fallen for 
the act. However, I can remember watching the Apollo missions on live TV. 
So, to balance your team, am I your young blood or your grizzled senior?

And don't get me started about my 1 year of experience, repeated 20 times...

> You may choose some one with poorer skills who you get on with over a
> genius who nit picks and argues with everything you say.  Why? Because
> the job will get done and with a lot less stress.

And don't trade technical stress for social stress, either.

> ...But I normally work in a leopard skin thong and listen to Wargner's
> Ring on 11!

That is so much more than we needed to know.

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  Phlip
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