U r nt qfd
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I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...
Software Engineer I Anlyz, dsgn, dvlp agmnted & mxd reality & cntxtual info sw appls & certs w/knldg in data mgmt, distrib & location specific info dlvry sys; Particpt in tstng process thru tst dsgn, rvw & anlys w/mdrn relational db sys (PostgreSQL preferred), srvr-side appl sw (Java/ PHP/Ruby) & Java client pgrms to assure qual & accuracy of info deliv in distrbtd & mobile environ. MS in CS.
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@Ben Fulton said:
I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...
Software Engineer I Anlyz, dsgn, dvlp agmnted & mxd reality & cntxtual info sw appls & certs w/knldg in data mgmt, distrib & location specific info dlvry sys; Particpt in tstng process thru tst dsgn, rvw & anlys w/mdrn relational db sys (PostgreSQL preferred), srvr-side appl sw (Java/ PHP/Ruby) & Java client pgrms to assure qual & accuracy of info deliv in distrbtd & mobile environ. MS in CS.
...or maybe the paper had a quota on vowels?
My favorite job titles come from Lockheed Martin, which has no sense of humor:- Systems Administrator Stf
- Software Engineer Stf
- Database Administrator Sr Stf
- Sys Integration Analyst Sr Stf
...the living need not apply.
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@Ben Fulton said:
in distrbtd & mobile environ. MS in CS.
If you have experience in "mobile environ.", then you shouldn't have problems with reading this ;)
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@Ben Fulton said:
I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...
Software Engineer I Anlyz, dsgn, dvlp agmnted & mxd reality & cntxtual info sw appls & certs w/knldg in data mgmt, distrib & location specific info dlvry sys; Particpt in tstng process thru tst dsgn, rvw & anlys w/mdrn relational db sys (PostgreSQL preferred), srvr-side appl sw (Java/ PHP/Ruby) & Java client pgrms to assure qual & accuracy of info deliv in distrbtd & mobile environ. MS in CS.
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A bit of a WTF, but probably because they had a upper limit on characters used. Classified ads are like that--you pay a rate based on the length of the ad.
Of course, the fact that it's written in mobile speak is a bit of a WTF, but I chalk it up to something unprofessional.
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I thnk a good rule of thumb is if the job description from the classifieds makes your head hurt, you probably will want to pass that one up.
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@shadowman said:
I thnk a good rule of thumb is if the job description from the classifieds makes your head hurt, you probably will want to pass that one up.
Also: If they cannot afford the time or money to write a decent job description, then I doubt they will be able to afford the money to pay you well or the time to train/communicate with you adequately.
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@Ben Fulton said:
I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...
Maybe the newspaper hired some young girls for answering the phones and data entry...
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<font color="#ff0000">roddy: </font>hey
<font color="#ff0000">roddy: </font>u there?
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: y
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: WU?
<font color="#ff0000">roddy</font>: i want to aply for that job
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: which one?
<font color="#ff0000">roddy</font>: in the paper
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: ok... (AFK)
<font color="#ff0000">roddy</font>: u there?
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: BRB
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz: </font>IIRC, the job is filled
<font color="#ff0000">roddy</font>: YGBSM!
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: nope
<font color="#ff0000">roddy</font>: N/P
<font color="#ff0000">roddy</font>: got anythng elz?
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: (AFK, BRB)
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: y, got Jr Ntwk Anlyz.
<font color="#ff0000">roddy: </font>WFM
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: can you do a F2F?
<font color="#ff0000">roddy</font>: maybe L8R? i am NIFOC
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: LOL!
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz</font>: TMI
<font color="#0000ff">softbiz: </font>y, L8R. GL. CU
<font color="#ff0000">roddy</font>: B4N.... IHA
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@Ben Fulton said:
I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...
Alternatively, this is a cleverly disguised encrypted message. Spooks have been using newspaper ads as dead-drops to pass messages around for decades, because they're cheap, essentially untraceable, and almost impossible to detect.
...probably not, though.
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@shadowman said:
I thnk a good rule of thumb is if the job description from the classifieds makes your head hurt, you probably will want to pass that one up.
It's not a job ad, it's a freelancing programmer. Not that I'd hire him...even if he writes good code the odds are it's unreadable.
Still, at least his background appears to be Unix not Windoze.
Or shd I sy, hs bg is *x nt win
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@m0ffx said:
@shadowman said:
I thnk a good rule of thumb is if the job description from the classifieds makes your head hurt, you probably will want to pass that one up.
It's not a job ad, it's a freelancing programmer. Not that I'd hire him...even if he writes good code the odds are it's unreadable.
Still, at least his background appears to be Unix not Windoze.
Or shd I sy, hs bg is *x nt win
No, I think it's a job ad:
Software Engineer I Anlyz, dsgn, dvlp agmnted & mxd reality & cntxtual info
I think is supposed to read as "Software Engineer I. (as opposed to Software Engineer II or III)."
Not like, "Software Engineer. I analyze, design, develop,..."
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Although after reading it again, the abbreviations and their subsequent lack of discernible tenses and other verb forms kind of makes it ambiguous. Technically, this could be read either way.
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@seymore15074 said:
@Ben Fulton said:
<font size="5">S</font>ince the ad is not peppered with the words: "bitch," "slut" and "like," I think that theory can be scrapped.I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...
Maybe the newspaper hired some young girls for answering the phones and data entry...
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Either a 400 character limit for that ad spot, or pay by the character...