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Really Linux: Linux Job Want Ads Gone Mad
Feb 11, 2006, 19 :00 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (7319 reads)

(Other stories by Walter V. Koenning)

[ Thanks to Mark Rais for this link. ]

"Perhaps it's a result of the massive outsourcing of programmer skills? Or maybe it's a response to ridiculous resumes where recent college graduates tout twenty years of collective experience. Resumes that include expertise with LISP and Prolog, and list achievements such as replication of human brain capacity through neural networks created with spare computer parts and cottage cheese.

"But the result is that Linux related job ads have started to take on a rather mad style. I've seen a rash of the most ridiculous want ads for Linux computer engineers. Is the industry so bad off? Are some recruiters not getting enough sleep...?"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Damn Americans! We can't find anyone ...   Want Ads Gone Mad   
Anonymous
Feb 11, 2006, 20:28:39
 
...if it wasn't so close to reality. ...   Would be funnier...   
scott_R
Feb 11, 2006, 21:23:42
 
Humor isn't funny unless there's ...   Humor   
jp
Feb 12, 2006, 04:30:49
 
Well that's capitalism for ya! When  ...   Boom Bust Cycles   
Olaf
Feb 12, 2006, 12:47:25
 
> Well that's capitalism for ya! Whe ...   Re: Boom Bust Cycles   
jp
Feb 12, 2006, 18:19:16
 
We work for money and job satisfaction.  ...   End of software   
phil
Feb 12, 2006, 23:10:19
 
I don't know what the author conside ...   "Ridicolous salaries"?   
Rainer Weikusat
Feb 13, 2006, 06:48:57
 
The cost of living can vary tremendously ...   29k can be a little, or a lot...   
Rich Steiner
Feb 13, 2006, 15:48:28
 
> Engineering in America has typically h ...   Re: Re: Boom Bust Cycles   
Ken Jennings
Feb 13, 2006, 18:13:19
 
> The cost of living can vary tremendous ...   Re: 29k can be a little, or a lot...   
Rainer Weikusat
Feb 14, 2006, 10:08:10
 
> > The cost of living can vary tremendo ...   Re: Re: 29k can be a little, or a lot...   
Ken Jennings
Feb 14, 2006, 15:11:18
 
>snip..>I earn a few thousand less than  ...   Re: poor programmers in Germany   
GreyGeek
Feb 14, 2006, 15:35:32
 
> > "Programmer" is going to become the  ...   Re: Re: Re: 29k can be a little, or a lot...   
Rainer Weikusat
Feb 14, 2006, 17:46:50
 
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