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1) Just got this email from someone unknown:

Hi,

Curious if your interested in chatting with me or if you know any rock star developers who would be interested to learn more about a consulting role?

Cheers!

Kon Kruglyak

  • "Am I interested in chatting with you???"
  • "Rock Star"??



2) Had a pre-interview screening with a "recruiter" last week. When I got on the phone with her She sounded about 12 and first said "Oh my God I'm so excited!!!" in a little girls voice. I thought "You're sooo exited???" - about WHAT? doing your job??

She then proceeds to question me about C# & SQL. The questions she asked were bizarre to say the least. I thought, I've never heard some of this before" so I asked her to send me the questions so I could research. She says, "Well I made up this list based on conversations I've had with developers" - I said "So you have no clue what your asking, and I could probably lose the chance at a job because YOU made up some questions?". She said "Well I think the questions are right" - I hung up.

3) Another little gem.... this woman recruiter puts this line in EVERY job posting:

"You need some serious technical chops for this position"

Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is

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