[TriLUG] Not Linux: Anyone else feeling the pain?

[Matt Bidwell]

Kevin Hunter wrote:
> At 6:56am -0500 on Fri, 21 Nov 2008, Warren Myers wrote:
>> We used to have one of those, iirc - it was something like "
>> trilug-jobs at trilug.org". I believe it was discontinued because too few
>> people subscribed to it compared to the "real" list.
> 
> My initial reaction to "too few people subscribed to it" is "duh".  It 
> would make sense that list would be populated by:
> 
> - those who need a job
> - those who hire
> - those who headhunt
> 
> If you don't fall in those categories, it's of no real interest to you, eh?
> 
> Further, unless it's advertised prominently, many people would miss it. 
> We may be "nerds/geeks", but not all of us think immediately of mailing 
> lists as a means of communication.  In that sense, this group is 
> self-selecting.
> 
> I propose that a -job mailing list is a good thing to have, and allows 
> *easy* searching/archival.  The only thing lacking is pointing folks to 
> it when it comes up, and prominently advertising it where it's appropriate.
> 
> Kevin
I've been only following this superficially, but I'd figure I'd pop in
and say what they did up in the DC area.  There are a bunch of closely
associated lugs up there all with separate lists.  Everyone pretty much
agreed that sending Linux related jobs to the lists was OK.  There's
also a jobs list, the purpose being for non Linux related jobs,
people seeking jobs, and for things like resume posting and critique.

Matt