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Posted by CJ Llewellyn on 06/07/05 23:02
On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 22:37:29 -0800, Malcolm Dew-Jones wrote:
> CJ Llewellyn (cj.llewellyn@gmail.com) wrote:
> : On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 09:52:36 +0000, Jacob Atzen wrote:
>
> : > On 2005-06-06, BearItAll <spam@rassler.co.uk> wrote:
> : >> On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:35:57 -0700, mattvenables wrote:
> : >>
> : >>> If anyone needs a programmer to work on a project, you can e-mail me at
> : >>> mattvenables (-AT-) gmail.com. I am extremely skilled in PHP and many
> : >>> other web languages. Let me know!
> : >>
> : >> I have interviewed a lot of people over the years and because of the
> : >> mountains of CVs and letters you receive, you tend to scan rather than
> : >> read, the first scan to get rid of unlikely candidates you just pick out
> : >> the 'style' rather than the content of them. I'm afraid that before I
> : >> re-read your post to see what you were actually saying, I had already
> : >> mentally thrown it into the bin.
> : >>
> : >> What ever your skills in programming you aren't going to get very far
> : >> until you can write better introductory letters.
> : >
> : > Your criticism is only marginally helpful to the OP. You say the style
> : > is bad but not what the problem with the style is nor how it could be
> : > improved. Please, enlighten us.
>
> : The OP could have posted in gramatically correct English.
>
> Pray tell, what is wrong with his English?
Well old bean, it's hardly cricket is it?
> : The OP could have refrained from spamming his services.
>
> I find that debatable. He posted one message to one news group, and there
> is no obvious alternative group to which he should have posted, such as (a
> non-existing) comp.lang.php.jobs or similar.
There are plenty of jobs.wanted groups, AFAIR c.l.p's charter
doesn't permit job postings. Although you'll hardly find people objecting
to them.
> Is there a group charter
> commonly posted that links to the rules of the group that says this is out
> of line? (Maybe, I don't know, but I've never noticed one being
> referenced.) Did he post similar messages in numerous other groups? (I
> didn't check, but I am guessing not.
>
> Others could very honestly disagree with me, the topic often brings out
> deep and potentially correct opinions, and different groups certainly have
> different rules on what is acceptable.
Few people ever bother to read the charter, and IMHE very few people
realise why having the charter is a Good Idea(tm).
> : The OP could have provided links to projects/source code that he has
> : worked on.
>
> That is always a good idea in a cover leter or resume, but of course since
> you have already accused him of spamming when he posted this in a news
Well if what you're doing is going to upset people, don't do it ;-)
> group then clearly he needs to be careful to keep his message right to
> the point, and also to be careful not to appear to be sneakvertising a
> web site. So perhaps it would have been unwise to provide links to
> anything in his message.
Ever bought Viagra pills online? Just curious!
> : Are there any other bleeding obvious observations you'd like stated?
>
> (What was that about grammar?)
Ooo now there's a can of worms ;-)
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