SPUG: FW: Giving up on computer jobs & usefulness of placementfirms

Jonathan Gardner jgardner at jonathangardner.net
Wed Aug 13 14:26:19 CDT 2003


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On Wednesday 13 August 2003 10:50, Peter Darley wrote:
> ... it's better to present yourself as well
> rounded.  For me, geek that I am, I get excited when an applicant is
> involved in Seattle Wireless, or has contributed code to the
> GNU/Linux (to be PC) codebase.  I probably represent the hiring
> criteria of a small business better than larger ones.

That's interesting that well-rounded to you means involvement in 
software outside of work. Well-rounded to me and a lot of my peers 
seemed to have meant "does things other than programming in spare 
time".

I do enjoy talking about the various Free Software / Open Source 
projects I contribute to, even if they don't relate directly to the job 
at hand. I've found that some interviewers like this a lot. Others are 
too focused to care beyond your abilities.

- -- 
Jonathan Gardner <jgardner at jonathangardner.net>
Live Free, Use Linux!
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