programming courses?

Chris F.A. Johnson c.f.a.johnson-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Mon Aug 23 00:28:12 UTC 2004


On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Ralph Doncaster wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org wrote:
>
>> I think the best one I ever saw was a job posting expecting people with
>> 3 years of NeXTStep experience when NeXT had just released its first
>> products a few months prior.  (Yeah, that was a while ago :-).)
>>
>> Those looking for people with years and years of .NET experience also
>> seem similarly stupid...
>
> I find it rather ironic when people complain about not getting an
> interview at a company due to stupid hiring practices.  If it's a dumb
> company, why would anyone intelligent want to work there?

     Two reasons, at least:

       One is desperate for a job.

       The HR dept. is not representative of other departments in the
       company.

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