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

[Jim Ray]

The person I hired for some part time work (or am in the process of
hiring) is from TriLUG and doesn't mind working on Winblows. Thank God
for work. I love Linux and open source software just as much as the next
person yet do not depend on it for my daily bread. I climb ladders, wear
a toolbelt, string up cable, load up Windows and even wash cars as long
as I get my $2.

I would encourage the powers at be to not screen job postings that may
help a fellow member of the group whether Windows or Linux.

Regards,

Jim Ray, MCSE
President
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-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Greg Brown
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:19 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Not Linux: Anyone else feeling the pain?

I tend to disagree with this point: "the job is Linux related".

Back when I was unemployed I wanted ANY job.  Sure, a Linux job would be
all the sweeter and that's what I was hoping for, but I *needed* any
job.  If someone on the list has a position open and they can find a
competent employee from the list all the better, right?

Now if we were still it the "growing like gangbusters" stage of the
1990s I'd say keeping Linux-only jobs on the list made sense.  But these
are hash economic times we're facing.  People need the work.

Just my thoughts.

Greg

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:

> > Can we put this issue to a vote rather than leave it to the silly 
> > adhocracy?  I'd vote for allowing jobs, though it would be nice if 
> > they were filtered.
>
> The original question was not whether or not we filter out job 
> postings from the list.  It was whether the steering committee would 
> pass along job postings that were submitted from folks who are not, 
> themselves, on the mailing list.
>
> As a steering committee member, I receive these requests from time to 
> time (rarely, actually).  I treat them on a case-by-case basis.
> If a posting meets a few basic criteria, I'll forward it to the
> group:
>
>  - the job is Linux related
>  - the job is relatively local
>  - the poster/recruiter is polite in asking
>  - the poster/recruiter is relatively local
>  - I happen to have some time to look at it at the moment
>  - I don't feel like hoarding that particular job lead for myself
>  - I haven't changed my mind about my own rules from above
>
> Otherwise, I ask them to join the list and post it themselves.  Or 
> better yet, attend a meeting a speak at the have-a-job section.
>
>
> Alan
>
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