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- From: pitre@n5160d.nrl.navy.mil (Richard Pitre)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
- Date: 16 Mar 1996 20:18:21 GMT
- Organization: Naval Research Laboratory
- Message-ID: <4if7md$bb8@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
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- In article <4ieo12$a8j@solutions.solon.com> seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter
- Seebach) writes:
- > In article <4icvu5$45t@natasha.rmii.com>, Jim Cochrane <jtc@rmii.com> wrote:
- > >Unfortunately, many, if not most, job advertisements do exactly that -
- > >inflexibly call for knowledge of a particular programming language or tool
- > >set.
- >
- > Amusingly, many years ago one could find the occasional ad asking for
- > 10+ years of C++, at a time when perhaps five or ten people (?) had
- > that much experience, and today you will see references to N years
- > of experience with "ANSI C++".
- >
- > Why not just simplify and say "the qualified applicant will perjure himself
- > at the slightest hint of personal gain"? It'd save everyone time.
- >
- > -s
-
- Have you looked at a few resume's in the last decade or so? I mean like the
- ones of colleagues that you respect. I always end up asking them where I need
- to go to worship and give money. I have to make a conscious effort to
- renormalize afterwards. I do it by trying to estimate the real value of the
- work of some giant in the field. I ask myself: Where would we be without this
- persons "contribution". I often times end up longing for a time machine and a
- weapon. Otherwise I can look at documentation written by my superiors. Then I
- realize how detrimental this megaboolshiting is in actuality and how
- umimportent my presumed relative impotence is and I get this compulsion to buy
- and plant a few trees. Its an atonement thing I think. Someone has to do it(Yes
- I'm a wonderful person and I'm pleased to meet you and all that too. Lost it
- long ago and thanks for asking.).
-
- I don't understand how personnel departments deal with this diplomatically. Or
- maybe thats the point. The personnel office does the hiring(and don't you EVER
- forget it) not the technical departments. If these language threads had to be
- taken seriously then the resume' comedy would seem bush league. :-)O<
-
- richard
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