Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

["jsnyder" <jsnyder@trelis.com>]

> > Donald Gillies wrote in message <7of2b2$ka2$1@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>...
> > >"jsnyder" <jsnyder@trelis.com> writes:
> > >
> > >>This has been my experience over the last six months that I have been
> > >>looking for a job;  25 years in the industry, h/w and s/w design.  But
I
> > >>don't fit neatly into the skill sheet that the HR droids use.  I even
> had
> > >>one tell me that I didn't have the required qualification of writing
> > >>'firmware' even though my resume lists 10 years of embedded work.
> > >
> > >I think that as you grow older you can no longer compete for the
> > >entry-level jobs.  If you are looking for an entry-level job at age
> > >50, people look at you as if there must be something wrong with you,
> > >why hasn't your career made progress ??
> >
> > So what valid reason would you have for why your career has not
progressed
> > further?
>
> Are you nasty? or what?
>
Obviously someone hasn't learned to read well, despite wherever *their*
career is at the moment.  Nowhere in my original post did I say that I was
looking for entry level work !!   Quite the opposite.

My point, as others have made clear, is that HR types are seriously
deficient of  neurons when it comes to the ability to critique resumes, and
really shouldn't be doing it at all.  When I needed to hire employees, I
looked at all incoming resumes just in case the real gem that I was looking
for worded his resume differently from the "requirements".  If a manager
doesn't have the time to filter the resumes from interested applicants
himself, I will suggest that perhaps he should find other work.

Finally, I can't resist this email example that came today from a large,
eastern NC, fiber optic manufacturer (OK, it was Corning).  "Kim" sent me a
3 line email with her sig., attaching a four line Word document requesting
my gpa in college, so that she could pass my resume onto the "hiring
manager".  Apparently, her gpa was so bad that she can't distinguish an
experienced applicant from a recent grad.

Joe Snyder