[TriLUG] [Fwd: Immediate Opening - Cluster Programmer - Linux andC/C++]

[Robert P. J. Day]

would it be possible to not top post?  thanks.

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Brian Henning wrote:

> Well just because they want to hire someone with Linux skills doesn't
> necessarily mean they have any of their own! ;-)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Mack" <mack.joseph at epa.gov>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 7:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] [Fwd: Immediate Opening - Cluster Programmer - Linux
> andC/C++]
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>
>>> Linux skills a must.
>> .
>> .
>>> send MS Word version of resume
>>
>> ;-\

the fact that they require a word doc-form resume means (obviously)
that they're most likely a MS-centric shop.  which means that a linux 
person is potentially going to suffer having to deal with that 
constantly, as in:

1) all internal docs and memos being distributed in word format (yes, 
i know OOo handles word, but still ...)

2) timesheets perhaps having to be submitted as excel spreadsheets 
(again, yes, OOo ...)

3) internal web sites optimized for IE, perhaps not working well or at 
all for mozilla/konqueror/firefox

4) MS-centric bug tracking/scheduling software that requires IE to 
access

and so on, and so on.

   and no, none of this is hypothetical.  i'm living through it right 
now.

rday