Job Posting Thread

[self biased]

retarded people might actually be more productive members of society than people who work for a guy who thought it'd be fun to run a civilization fansite.

[Asher]

We're looking for a bunch of great C++ developers. Experience on Linux and Mac a plus.

Minimum 4 years professional experience.

Need to relocate to Calgary, so probably no one here...but worth a shot.

But it's cutting edge work in a market experiencing explosive growth with VERY competitive compensation...and it's satisfying work too.

[MOBIUS]

What about a winning personality?

[Asher]

They get all the personality they can handle from me.

[MOBIUS]

Damn, that was my trump card.

[Boris Godunov]

I for the life of me can't understand why anyone would consider hiring someone frequenting these boards.

He'd know exactly where the employee was wasting his time when he should be working, and could even log in here to tell him to get his ass back to work.

[Boris Godunov]

I figure no one else is in the Portland metro area, but I do work for an employment agency with national presence. While I'm faaaaaar too important to handle actually finding jobs for people, I could make references to our local offices. We have divisions that specialize in technical, legal, finance, accounting, healthcare and hospitality positions in addition to the standard clerical/labor stuff, and also do direct placement as well.

And for anyone looking to hire someone...well, have you thought about using an agency?

[Asher]

I avoid agencies like the plague, truthfully. Especially yours.

I worked on a project for them years ago. Never forget.

[Boris Godunov]

If that was in Canada, it's essentially a different company. And even within the U.S., every area is different.

[Asher]

It was not in Canada -- had to fly to Long Island.

[Boris Godunov]

Anyone having to work on Long Island would hate whatever company they worked for, you can't blame the agency for that.

[Boris Godunov]

I couldn't find you in our database. Stop telling me lies.

[Asher]

I think you misunderstand me.

I worked on a project FOR your company. I was developing software for your company while working for a consulting company.

[Boris Godunov]

Holy ****, so YOU might be responsible for this garbage we use? THANKS A LOT, *******.

Anyway, that's a bit different than actually being employed by us, isn't it?

[Asher]

Yeah, I never said I was employed by you guys. I worked on a project FOR you guys. And I've been contacted by a couple people from your company, but I've never done anything personally with them.

As for your garbage software -- you can blame the BAs on your side for that one. The reason it was such a miserable project is the requirements were ****ing retarded, as were the people we had to interface with from your company.