On Being Idle

I got a job in NY in Dec 2008 so I am busy with that. I stopped taking calls from recruiters or checking their e-mails. Anyways their memory is short so this has no implication for future "relastionships". (Have you tried talking to a wall? Did it talk back when you were not stoned? ;)

I must say that I do keep in touch with those recruiters I like (only a handful of them). A polite refusal of a job offer goes a long way.

-ulianov

P.S. I see that most of the hits on this blog come from people googling for "What makes a good resume?" [which BTW I am not answering]. This is boring. I want controversy!; I want to be in the recruiters' face!

Unusual Job Ad in Phoenix, AZ

M.C. sent me this ad for a "Direct Embedded Position" (up to 95K):

You'll be writing C/C++ code for Diagnostic Equipment
OOD and UML Technologies
Experience with Graphical User Interface

Desired Qualifications
- Embedded Linux
- .NET and C#
- JAVA
- HTLM ,XML and SOAP technologies
- Development experience using networking protocol (TCP/IP, UDP, SSH, SSL)
- Experience with low-level driver development
- ClearCase / ClearQuest tools
- FPGA/CPLD logic using VHDL code

Alas at this moment I am busy professionally but...

I simply love Phoenix, I am a total groupie when it comes to Phoenix [and I am a male] and I'be been looking for something there for two years.

The sour grape in this is the C# which is the very last thing I would do, the second to last would be working for Micr0soft [I shall blog about my interview there one day].

Other than that it looked great, especially the dollar figure (jobs in that area have a ceiling around 80K). I did not answer this call.

-ulianov