Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 22:06:59 -0800 (PST) From: Kip Macy <kip@lyris.com> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@kot.ne.mediaone.net> Cc: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" <metcalf@snet.net>, jobs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: All About People Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9912142205360.4368-100000@luna.lyris.com> In-Reply-To: <199912150604.BAA31125@rtfm.newton>
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I am not suggesting that it is the case, but it would be quite amusing if she made that post merely to bait us. We in the unix community have such a love of flame wars. -Kip On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Jeffrey M. Metcalf once stated: > > =I agree with your comments about the pay scale. What a whopper. But as > =to the request for a Microsoft Word formatted resume, many if not most > =IT professionals in the corporate world today work in a mixed Windows > =and UNIX environment. > > This does not mean, they _must_ keep their resumes in MSWord or other > cryptic proprietory formats for the lazy headhunters. > > =I am an Application developer working mostly on SUN Solaris, but my > =corporate e-mail and document infratructure is required to be MS Office > =based. > > This is something to be ashamed of. Your employer does not respect you > enough, if MS is pushed down your throat. And if it is not, then you > should be ashamed of using it. > > => Again, my sincere apologies for flaming you, but your job posting was > => beyond just ridiculous - it was irresponsible, demonstrated a clear > => lack of understanding of the position you're trying to hire into, and > => just plain arrogant. > > =The tone of the post showed ignorance about the level of the position, but > =not > =arrogance. While I am not a great lover of Microsoft products in general, > =the > =obvious MS digs you UNIX weenies always make show far more arrogance > =than this poster. > > Look how quickly you lost your temper, misformatted your e-mail and > descended into name-calling... > > -mi > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-jobs" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-jobs" in the body of the message
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