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:Armed and Dangerous: Microsoft Tries to Recruit Me
Armed and Dangerous: Microsoft Tries to Recruit Me
Sep 9, 2005, 03 :15 UTC (31 Talkback[s]) (14688 reads)
(Other stories by Eric S. Raymond)

"The following is, verbatim, a letter I received a few minutes ago from a Microsoft recruiter...

"Eric,
I am a member of the Microsoft Central Sourcing Team. Microsoft is seeking world class engineers to help create products that help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.
Your name and contact info was brought to my attention as someone who could potentially be a contributor at Microsoft..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Someone owes me a new wireless internet/ ...   Ok!   
Kevin Hudson
Sep 9, 2005, 04:00:17  
baseball bat, HAHAHAHAHA..cheers,--Xunil ...   this REALLY made my week   
Xunil Ung
Sep 9, 2005, 04:01:19  
Is this true? If it is, I really feel sa ...   Sad   
Uno Engborg
Sep 9, 2005, 11:13:35  
Childish and self-important. ...   Typical ESR   
David F. Skoll
Sep 9, 2005, 12:07:34  
That proves one thing about Eric Raymond ...   Eric   
Don Brock
Sep 9, 2005, 12:47:41  
While this is very cute, I think ESR&#39 ...   inappropriate   
Hyper L
Sep 9, 2005, 12:55:04  
All ESR had to do is to reply to the Mic ...   A polite "No" would have been enough   
blacklight
Sep 9, 2005, 13:58:08  
OK, some have said ESR is self-promoting ...   ESR nailed them, I love it   
Cole Thompson
Sep 9, 2005, 15:06:34  
Man, I laughed so hard after reading Eri ...   Too Funny!   
Howard Pepper
Sep 9, 2005, 15:07:09  
I don't know how old esr is, but he ...   I agree: inappropriate   
Passacaglia
Sep 9, 2005, 15:26:58  
If Microsoft's offering, sure I' ...   Why not take it....   
Ken Jennings
Sep 9, 2005, 15:46:11  
I think most here just wanna bash ESR. S ...   Lol.   
stumbles
Sep 9, 2005, 15:49:50  
In the past, we have all seen Eric kiss ...   ESR : A One Trick Pony   
nada factor
Sep 9, 2005, 15:55:53  
Several posters have expressed the opini ...   Entirely appropriate   
jp
Sep 9, 2005, 15:58:54  
Somehow, I think the open source communi ...   Re: Lol   
Rich Steiner
Sep 9, 2005, 16:33:59  
> I don't know how old esr is, but h ...   Re: I agree: inappropriate   
Rainer Weikusat
Sep 9, 2005, 17:22:05  
I think most here just wanna bash ESR. ...   Re: Lol.   
Hyper L
Sep 9, 2005, 17:34:33  
Your response to Microsoft was excellent ...   Attaboy, ESR!   
Ursus Orribilus
Sep 9, 2005, 17:39:47  
if you didn't wet yourself from:and ...   come on folks   
tony
Sep 9, 2005, 20:02:09  
I have an awesome resume full of Linux a ...   MS engineers = idiots   
Philippe B
Sep 9, 2005, 21:07:27  
Someome sure seems to have a grossly inf ...   How juvenile   
Ronin
Sep 9, 2005, 23:16:39  
I think ESR's response is hillarious ...   Eric is right, as usual!   
Stuart DeGraaf
Sep 10, 2005, 01:42:56  
ESR: Self important? Yes. Self Promot ...   all this and more   
michael
Sep 10, 2005, 03:30:10  
Baseball Bat an appropriate item? Not re ...   appropriate   
Robert M. Stockmann
Sep 10, 2005, 03:41:43  
Microsoft must want its recruiters to wo ...   Check out the appt hours!   
GreyGeek
Sep 10, 2005, 03:43:46  
> I have applied to MS and never got any ...   Re: MS engineers = idiots   
Andreas Mohr
Sep 10, 2005, 08:23:04  
What an arrogant weenie. Everytime I re ...   Arrogant weenie!   
Matt
Sep 10, 2005, 19:04:00  
> What an arrogant weenie. Everytime I ...   Re: Arrogant weenie!   
Rainer Weikusat
Sep 11, 2005, 14:09:30  
I know somebody who used to work at Micr ...   Re: MS engineers = idiots   
Gene Anthony
Sep 11, 2005, 20:13:42  
> I know somebody who used to work at Mi ...   Re: Re: MS engineers = idiots   
DDahl
Sep 12, 2005, 00:04:05  
Well, it isn't. But you can still cu ...   Just tell me it's not Google...   
Rick Stockton
Sep 12, 2005, 20:44:44  
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