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There are transaction specialists (it's a lot more complicated than you might think).
If you've never worked in transactions, you're unlikely to be considered for a position that needs an experienced transactions guy.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Ask her why the client doesn't simply ask for a COBOL-programmer.
Is it because the clients' software is, perchance, written in VB6?
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Coder For Hire wrote: So basically SHE looked at it and decided I wasn't a fit, not the COMPANY.
That's their job!
The reason company's use recruiters is to vet the potential employees, and present them with only those that would be a good fit.
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Some years ago I was in the same situation and dealing with idiots. The last one I had a run in with started by promising me an interview "by the end of the week". She then started backtracking, trying to bring up reasons why the interview could not go ahead until I had filled in some forms of theirs "because we are regulated", and eventually saying that the client's manager had gone on holiday. I wrote a final email after those wasted weeks saying I was disgusted by her lying. Strangely she never replied.
A management consultant friend of mine said that you should always start a relationship with a recruitment agency by interviewing them, to see if they satisfy your requirements.
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Is acupuncture a jab well done?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well whats the answer, do not keep me on needles and pins.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Huh? I just don't see the point.
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A prick for hire...
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Does a lawyer turned acupuncturist go straight for the jugular?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
When you are dead you don't know it, it's only difficult for others.
It's the same when you're stupid.
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(bool)0
A raven may be black, but not all things black are a raven.
(bool)1
The specified raven is black.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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No
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1) Just got this email from someone unknown:
Hi,
Curious if your interested in chatting with me or if you know any rock star developers who would be interested to learn more about a consulting role?
Cheers!
Kon Kruglyak
- "Am I interested in chatting with you???"
- "Rock Star"??
2) Had a pre-interview screening with a "recruiter" last week. When I got on the phone with her She sounded about 12 and first said "Oh my God I'm so excited!!!" in a little girls voice. I thought "You're sooo exited???" - about WHAT? doing your job??
She then proceeds to question me about C# & SQL. The questions she asked were bizarre to say the least. I thought, I've never heard some of this before" so I asked her to send me the questions so I could research. She says, "Well I made up this list based on conversations I've had with developers" - I said "So you have no clue what your asking, and I could probably lose the chance at a job because YOU made up some questions?". She said "Well I think the questions are right" - I hung up.
3) Another little gem.... this woman recruiter puts this line in EVERY job posting:
"You need some serious technical chops for this position"
Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Coder For Hire wrote: Curious if your interested in ...
Avoid any recruiter who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Right??
The more I look at it, it looks like a phising expedition.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Nine out of ten positions advertised for contain spelling mistakes. And no, they don't like it if you point it out
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: And no, they don't like it if you point it out
Even if they're advertising for a proof-reader?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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DUH! That's why they need the proof reader!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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he just emailed me AGAIN!
"Hi Kevin,
Curious if your interested in chatting with me or if you know any anwesome developers who would be interested to learn more about a consulting role?
Cheers!
Kon Kruglyak
Senior Technical Recruiter"
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Coder For Hire wrote: anwesome
It seems to be a relatively common mistake - Google has nearly 11,000 results for "anwesome".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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if he kuld spel he myte do bedder
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I had to send this to my mom. She'll love it.
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who ceras? accdornig to a sutdy pfroeermd by cmabirgde uirnvetsiy...
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That looked Norwegian to me.
(in my defense, I'm Swedish...)
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How and why???
The n is nowhere near either the a or the w; that makes it learned behaviour!
I dunno. Kids these days...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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