On Wed, September 22, 2004 10:42 am, Garrett Goebel said:
I don't get it. All the snide remarks. It's a job offer. If you don't like it or smell a rat, walk on by.
Yes, true, and at least there's enough of a clue in the place that they're runnng Linux somewhere.
It's just that so many of us have been exposed to the Utterly Clueless Supervisor. We've been the victim of job requirements for three years of experience on a system that's only been out for two. We've watched the clueless be promoted above us because we were able to point out problems they glibly ignored. We like to vent occasionally (news://alt.sysadmin.recovery) and we don't really want to put ourselves in that position agian.
Open positions are about the employer's needs.
Well, sometimes. Sometimes they're also about the employer's ignorance and prejudice.
I'd consider posting a Linux position and asking for the resume in word format just to go ahead and filter out all the religious fanatics and ax grinders ;-)
Now there you have an excellent point, and a good idea.
(I'm going to go brush up on my XP crash recovery skills now.)