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Re: Dear Recruiters

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Post by bearmf »

AUmrysh wrote: post #53
wikwocket wrote: post #34

...by the way, if you find any recruiters offering a 200k job with 6 weeks vacation and a signing bonus, where you can telecommute from anywhere, but darnit they require Windows or PHP work now and again... drop me a line! ;)

I'd be willing to write in brainfuck exclusively for 200k. This guy has it good, doubt he'll ever find a job with that kind of attitude. He could be ol' Don Knuth, still wouldn't get a job from anyone worth working for. Although, with that guy's track record, maybe he knows being a cocky asshole is just the way to get a good job in software, I don't know. edit: after thinking about it more, I think this may be a paro…

The page states explicitly that he is not really looking for a new job :)

Re: Dear Recruiters

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Post by shykes »

AUmrysh wrote: post #53
wikwocket wrote: post #34

...by the way, if you find any recruiters offering a 200k job with 6 weeks vacation and a signing bonus, where you can telecommute from anywhere, but darnit they require Windows or PHP work now and again... drop me a line! ;)

I'd be willing to write in brainfuck exclusively for 200k. This guy has it good, doubt he'll ever find a job with that kind of attitude. He could be ol' Don Knuth, still wouldn't get a job from anyone worth working for. Although, with that guy's track record, maybe he knows being a cocky asshole is just the way to get a good job in software, I don't know. edit: after thinking about it more, I think this may be a paro…

> This guy has it good, doubt he'll ever find a job with that kind of attitude.

These comments sadden me. I work with Ken at dotcloud and can tell you he is one of the most humble and easy to deal with colleagues I've ever had.

Have you never been contacted repeatedly, almost to the point of harassment, by a recruiter who wouldn't take no for an answer, yet could not be bothered with even the most basic research about you?

It's that combination of a) blind persistence and b) disregard for the actual person that defines truly spammy recruiters, and which obviously drives Ken crazy. I don't blame him for trying to stem the flow. If anything I would like to find out if this new anti-spam tool actually works :)

Re: Dear Recruiters

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Post by btilly »

AUmrysh wrote: post #53
wikwocket wrote: post #34

...by the way, if you find any recruiters offering a 200k job with 6 weeks vacation and a signing bonus, where you can telecommute from anywhere, but darnit they require Windows or PHP work now and again... drop me a line! ;)

I'd be willing to write in brainfuck exclusively for 200k. This guy has it good, doubt he'll ever find a job with that kind of attitude. He could be ol' Don Knuth, still wouldn't get a job from anyone worth working for. Although, with that guy's track record, maybe he knows being a cocky asshole is just the way to get a good job in software, I don't know. edit: after thinking about it more, I think this may be a paro…

There is an old strategy - when you don't want a job or contract, name an unrealistically high price instead of saying no. That's all this is.

I know multiple people who have taken this strategy and learned that "unrealistically high" wasn't. By and large they regretted that strategy. But hey, at least they got paid for it!

Re: Dear Recruiters

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Post by ianstallings »

shykes wrote: post #62
AUmrysh wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd be willing to write in brainfuck exclusively for 200k. This guy has it good, doubt he'll ever find a job with that kind of attitude. He could be ol' Don Knuth, still wouldn't get a job from anyone worth working for. Although, with that guy's track record, maybe he knows being a cocky asshole is just the way to get a good job in software, I don't know. edit: after thinking about it more, I think this may be a paro…

> This guy has it good, doubt he'll ever find a job with that kind of attitude. These comments sadden me. I work with Ken at dotcloud and can tell you he is one of the most humble and easy to deal with colleagues I've ever had. Have you never been contacted repeatedly, almost to the point of harassment, by a recruiter who wouldn't take no for an answer, yet could not be bothered with even the most basic research abou…

Yes. And never mind the fact that he's stating what it would take for him to leave a job he obviously loves. Of course he is going to make outrageous demands. He doesn't want to leave! Hello.. is this thing on? I feel the message got lost on a lot of people that maybe haven't been inundated with recruiter calls and emails or had their time wasted talking about positions that they would never take.

I mean who here hasn't been contacted by a recruiter asking about a skill set you barely know or don't even have on your resume? Or their understanding of it in general is so far off you don't even want to deal with it? Or ones where they try to connect to every person in your company through you? I could go on and on. It gets maddening.

Re: Dear Recruiters

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Post by justinsteele »

ErikAugust wrote: post #37

I looked at his minimum offer first and thought he was a professional football player. But no... he's a LAMP developer.

Disclosure: I have worked with Ken.

I'm not sure you are aware what LAMP means. He prefers (for good reason) nginx, as it states in the post. Ken is someone who gets shit done, for lack of a better expression. He is well worth whatever he is paid at DotCloud, and I would venture to say he is worth his "Minimum Offer".

Re: Dear Recruiters

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Post by AUmrysh »

shykes wrote: post #62
AUmrysh wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd be willing to write in brainfuck exclusively for 200k. This guy has it good, doubt he'll ever find a job with that kind of attitude. He could be ol' Don Knuth, still wouldn't get a job from anyone worth working for. Although, with that guy's track record, maybe he knows being a cocky asshole is just the way to get a good job in software, I don't know. edit: after thinking about it more, I think this may be a paro…

> This guy has it good, doubt he'll ever find a job with that kind of attitude. These comments sadden me. I work with Ken at dotcloud and can tell you he is one of the most humble and easy to deal with colleagues I've ever had. Have you never been contacted repeatedly, almost to the point of harassment, by a recruiter who wouldn't take no for an answer, yet could not be bothered with even the most basic research abou…

Ah, that explains it then. I didn't realize he wasn't actually looking for jobs and was just trying to get the recruiters to stop harassing him. One of my professors had been harassed by recruiters like this, but I haven't had that happen.
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