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I Got Fired Today
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 Quote:Just a thought (that assumes you've got a spare $9.99 kicking around)...A good thought, Rob, and one I should act on after Christmas (probably going to be way too busy before to even try). Thanks for the suggestion. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
From a posting on CareerBuilder:
Quote:Compensation:-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Winner of this week's Goofball Award for oddest job posting headline:
Quote:C++ System Programmer-Rock stars needed to help make the world a safer place for our children-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.  Bob Schroeck Wrote:Winner of this week's Goofball Award for oddest job posting headline:They're obviously looking for the Hong Kong Cavaliers...Quote:C++ System Programmer-Rock stars needed to help make the world a safer place for our children -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Actually, it was some outfit trying to set up a massive Net-trawling operation designed to catch pedophiles. Good goal, but in the article about them I read,
all the people involved come off as scary-obsessed and not too concerned about things like due process and individual rights. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Ah.
Yes, I can see why it might not be a good idea to apply to work with folks who appear to think some people don't deserve the same rights as everyone else. -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Found another of those impossible experience demands:
Quote:10+ years experience with VB.NETGiven that anything .NET 1.0 first appeared in 2002, I suspect this will be a difficult requirement to meet for at least another 2-3 years. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
Probably some guy in HR who put that one together. The department manager tells them, "We need someone with advanced knowledge of .NET methodology. VB.NET
primarily." So... the HR guy looks at other jobs with "advanced knowledge" on them, and slaps 10+ years on the front. He hasn't a clue what it means, he just assumes it's okay. The trick is getting past the idiot barrier to the person who has the real need. Maybe if you have concurrent project experience, which if added sequentially equals more than ten years, that would pass the idiot barrier? --- Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.
Or possibly a mention of experience with VB.NET "since its first introduction", or something along those lines, might manage to get past.
About half an hour ago I finished a phone interview with an HR person from a major consulting firm that shall for the moment remain nameless. It ran about 15
minutes longer than planned, and I think I seriously impressed her. She told me she's sending me on to the next stage of the interview process (stage 2 of 4, only the last of which is a face-to-face interview), and told me the entire cycle of interviews normally takes about 2-1/2 weeks. Wish me luck, folks; the next level is the one where my piecemeal, self-taught programming skills may sink me by being insufficient to the task. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
oh, man, good luck!
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
Definitely good luck!
--- Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do. 
Here's hoping the next rounds go as well as that one.
-Terry ----- "so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today" TF2: Spy
Thank you, everyone.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
Bon chance, Bossman!
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.'' -- James Nicoll
So far, no word back from the consulting firm. The HR person told me last week they were working out precisely what they wanted of the person in the position
and that they'd be back in touch with me on Monday, but it's already Wednesday and no word. In the mean time, though, one of my other applications has come through, and I have an in-person interview on Tuesday the 26th. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Keep on pluggin. You'll get there.
-- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Further developments: In the last half hour a different recruiter has contacted me, and my resume/application is now going to be submitted for a vice president position at a major investment bank which shall for the moment remain nameless -- but which will pay me a fair bit more than I was making at Best. I have been assured that this is not a Hail Mary pass, but that I in fact closely fit said firm's ideal profile for a VP (which is, oddly, not necessarily a management position). So I am being restrainedly excited about this opportunity.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Vice President Bob!
put your leadership position of The Legendary on your resume ^_^ "No can brain today. Want cheezeburger." From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
Yowza, Bob. If it's Capital One I'm gonna squee.
-- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
It's not. I can't say which it is right now, but it's not Capital One.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Thanks.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
(crosses fingers)
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