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Today, saw a resume having spelling mistakes, incomplete sentences, bad punctuation, bad formatting, bad capitalization, and to cap it all, had the phrase -"Language – English (Full Professional Proficiency)". I know that English is not a natural language for most of the Indians (me included); but this was unpardonable.
As an icing on the cake, this resume had the mobile numbers of two of his references. I shudder at the thought that if he becomes my colleague, he may quote me as a reference, and my mobile number would get broadcast across all employment sites 
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Often, when sorting through dozens of resumes trying to find a new programmer for my team, I have rejected someone because of bad spelling and punctuation. It shows a distinct lack of thoroughness; the point isn't that a word was spelled incorrectly, typos are a way of life, but that the document wasn't properly checked before a push to "production", especially in this most important document! I make typos all the time but I go back and re-read everything I write so I can correct it before I publish it. So, if a typo gets through then either the work hasn't been checked, or it wasn't checked well enough - and with modern spelling and grammar checkers being widely available there is little excuse for this. Being a pendant is a job requirement for a good programmer.
When looking at an Indian's CV I usually allow for odd phrasing because of the second language issue (my second language is German and I am sure I butcher it even though claiming fluency) but I have actually been surprised by how good they are when it comes to spelling and punctuation. In fact I would say that Mercans have had the worst record on average amongst the ones I have seen.
On my own CV I always put "References available"; I never list them and their details up front; that is bad practice.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Good writing is more than the sum of its parts.
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The Financial Times apologises for the error in yesterday's news section.
The company found to be at risk of going into receivership is Mocrosoft, not Microsoft.
BREAKING NEWS
Following fears of its going into receivership, Microsoft had lost 738,000,000,000,000 by close of business, yesterday, and is going into receivership.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hi every body! I want to ask: "I shoul chose ASP.Net webform or ASP.Net MVC when create project "
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Neither: I'd chose a coffee and a couple of biscuits, myself.
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What kind of biscuits?
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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For me, if its decent coffee then ginger nuts
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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I would prefer Java. In a cold weather what else would I love? 
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo - Eminem
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Depends on the time of day: In the morning a simple one like a Fruit Shortcake, or a Digestive goes down well, while in the afternoon Chocolate Hobnobs, or Jaffa Cakes are highly recommended. For evening munching, I like heavy duty flavours with Chocolate Cookies with big chunks of plain chocolate in.
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The second one looks like candied orange peel dipped in chocolate - sounds goooooood! 
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It is! My kids favorite, but take some time to prepare, so I keep it in secret place...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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Send it to me, I guarantee they won't find it...:InnocentWhistleSmiley:
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How many times do you blanch the peel?
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I'm not sure about 'blanch'...Do you mean to put it in-out of boiling water?
None...I put the peel in to cold water for 3 days (changing water twice a day) than cook it with sugar...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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"Blanch" - "cook briefly in boiling water".
The recipes for candied orange peel I found all suggested "a number" of them to reduce the bitterness, so I assume that's what the 3 day soak does - removes the bitter oils without damaging the flavour molecules.
I'll have to try it, maybe later this week (no oranges in the house at the moment).
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Exactly - the 3 day soak is for the removing the bitter taste of the 'white' of the peel...It also helps in the cooking phase as the 'white' is soft like a sponge and readily absorbs the sugar...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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Everything you have to know about projects: http://www.projectcartoon.com/cartoon/3[^]
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!
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Should I choose apple or orange to eat?
People can tell you how is apple and orange feel like, their taste.
No matter how, those answers are just belong to others.
I don't like apple. Do you?
You can't really find the real answer UNTIL you eat it with your own mouth and taste it with your own tongue.
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Herself needs new shoes for work, but she hates shopping (Yay!) - so She's been complainign that her work shoes leak for a month or so. Today, I insisted she got new ones.
So she decides the town we go to, and I drive her over there.
First shop: nothing she likes.
Second shop: nothing she likes.
Third...you get the idea.
Final shop: nothing she likes.
Solution?
Go to a different town? No: Go back to the first shop and buy the first pair she tries on... 
She does this every time! Just for that I won't tell her she has a dentists appointment until 30 minutes before it's due, this afternoon...
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That sounds extremely strange. I have never met a woman who doesn't like shopping for shoes - and that to an extend that she will buy around 200 pairs more than she needs... 
Are you sure that she's not sick? 
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Herself is pretty good in that regard: I think she has only about four pairs.
But she hates shopping - which is good in that she doesn't spend much, but bad in that I have to do it.
The trouble with that is that sometimes she has to be forced into it: shoes and suchlike that you have got to try on. And then she spends the entire time swearing... 
Still, I'll get my own back this afternoon - she hates dental check-ups even more!
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Sounds like a keeper 
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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