[ale] Anyone looking for a new gig?

Wed Oct 1 16:48:07 EDT 2008

(My $0.02 'technical repremand:) Last time I was job hunting - I would have
loved to have found one recruiter/employer/someone who would bother to read
a PDF/ASCII/html/XML/LaTeX resume instead of demanding one in MS Word
format.

Back to the thread- this time last year I had spent several months and was
reaching max frustration and minimum cash reserves, when - due to
referrals, suggestions, and mentorship from this list - I found a job which
led to a great permanent job that I love. (Unfortunately - it has nothing
to do with Linux - but ALE got me the origional lead/foot in the door.)

I say thanks for the forum and thanks for the mentorship on all topics,
technical or professional, even for us lurkers who only occasionally post.

-George

On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 09:17:06AM -0400, gcanter wrote:
> As someone who (until last Monday) was a MS programmer by day and an Open Source programmer by night and on the weekends, I welcomed the posting ... more so since my contract ended last Friday.  There are likely others on this list who are somewhat language agnostic and would rather program MS than go hungry.
> 
> As far as the technical reprimands ... well ... This is *precisely* why so many in this community have difficulties with interacting with others.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org on behalf of Robert Reese~
> Sent: Wed 10/1/2008 2:24 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Cc: rgemmill at lanta.com
> Subject: Re: [ale] Anyone looking for a new gig?
>  
> > I was shocked at the rude reply myself, but everyone is free to
> > share an opinion. 
> 
> Ryan came to the right place to look for qualified potential employees and I for one am glad to see folks like Ryan look to this list as a recruitment tool.
> 
> 
> > I thought it very strange to see the skill sets required, linux
> > embedded usually equals C, C++, and even assembly.
> > I would humbly
> > submit that this is definitely not the right forum to find people
> > who are perusing for jobs that require C# or SQL server FWIW.
> 
> As I said this IS the right forum for what he's wanting, at least on the Linux side, particularly since there is no longer a separate list to handle these posts.
> 
> As far as those listed skills go, they are indicative of a project that bridges Windows and Linux; perhaps something on the order of porting a current .NET application to Linux.  There are a great number of conceivable uses for that set of skills, and pretty much all of them benefit Linux.  Given the wide adoption of C# and .NET as well as the proliferation of Linux, there is every reason to believe that the skills sought may exist in this group.  Naturally, Ryan hasn't stated what the project entails, nor would I expect him to do so in such a public forum.  What's important is his company deems the skills listed as necessary and that's really all a potential candidate needs to know to decide whether or not she or he is interested in pursuing the offer.
> 
> While I missed the rude reply, I'm offering my personal apology to Ryan as well as others that receive such undeserved responses, and emphatically state that nearly all of us are as not so rude or arrogant as some of the treatment to "outsiders" by individuals on this list have shown each and every time someone looks to this list for qualified candidates.  C'mon folks, being asses to each other on this list is one thing but we should *NEVER* be that way to visitors or new list members or people such as Ryan looking for qualified employees or contractors.
> 
> Cheers,
> Robert~
> 
> 
> > On Sep 30, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >
> >> My personal apologies for the rude reply. Some people act as if
> >> they get to set the rules for the whole world because they know
> >> more about computers than someone else. That is not the case for
> >> most ALE users.
> >>
> >> In the interest of having all of my Linux using friends, even
> >> those that attack people offering employment, EMPLOYED, please do
> >> keep this list posted with jobs you have that are specifically
> >> associated with Linux skills. If you have questions about what
> >> tasks are Linux skills, by all means post and we can help. We can
> >> also set you up with a live CD you can use to tinker with this
> >> stuff on your own equipment.
> >>
> >> While it would be nice if the emails sent were simply plain text
> >> (it makes it easier to read for the computer luddites who haven't
> >> upgraded since System-V was ported to the PDP) I understand that
> >> most people outside the realm many users live in on ALE have no
> >> ability to tinker under the hood with the settings in their email
> >> client. That's OK. The email came through just fine using modern
> >> hardware, software and clients.
> >>
> >> Just so everyone is aware: C# is not a linux skill. Neither is
> >> .NET or SQL-server. 
> >>
> >> OK. Time to feed a grumpy ALE'er his meta-mucil. He gets real
> >> mucil on Wednesdays. :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> --
> >> James P. Kinney III              
> >>
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