Subj : Re: CV, work-history, 91C, CompSci?, Applet? (was: Software Job Ma...)
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : JXStern
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 03:15 pm

On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:04:11 -0700, rem642b@Yahoo.Com (Robert Maas,
see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t) wrote:
>> you appear to be out of synch with your peers.
>
>I don't have any peers.

Whether you were serious here or joking or not sure yourself, you've
got to know that this is the wrong thing to say.

Fake it, dude.

Things are really different now than twenty+ years ago.  Nobody wants
to hire you, no matter who you are.  They want to hire a bundle of
skills.  If they even perceive you, odds are you won't get the gig.  I
know this ticks you off, and maybe it should, but if you want to get
through the modern hiring process you've got to be bland.  Put on a
mask, dress like the boss, tell him he's a very handsome man, y'know
this has always been good advice, and these days it's become a
requirement even down here in our little technocratic world.

ASCII resume? Well, it's not a total DQ but it will stand out these
days.  Can't get someone to liberate you a copy of Word?  Can't use it
at the local library, or your neighbor's house, or whatnot?  Believe
me, the average programmer doesn't know what to do with Word either,
maybe more should stick with ASCII.  Me, I love Word!  Why hasn't the
hiring process switched to more executable/online forms of resume?
Well, probably because HR is involved, and they don't grok such fancy
stuff.  Not to mention all the little recruiters out there mucking up
the hiring process even further. It's an odd world we live in, but
what can you do but try to find your place in it, something within
your scope, and work it as best you can?

J.

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