[FoRK] The Golden Compass: AWEsome!

[silky]

On Dec 5, 2007 9:00 AM, Devon Jones <soulcatcher at evilsoft.org> wrote:
> Corinna Schultz wrote:
> > (Real story: when I went for an interview for IBM in Lexington, one of
> > the two employees who took me out to dinner knew an unexpectedly large
> > amount about me, having found me in the FoRK archive. I was a little
> > taken aback that she knew my best anecdotes, but it wasn't a big deal.
> > They had already decided that they really, really wanted me, and her
> > job was to try and convince me that I wanted to move to
> > Massachussets.)
> When you reach a certain level of competence, having your opinions
> easily searchable can become valuable.  It keeps businesses with
> cultures where you would undoubtedly be uncomfortable or unhappy from
> wasting your time, and helps businesses that are a good match for you
> realize that far faster.

agreed; this has happened to me once. rejected due to assumed
"rudeness" on a local c# mailing list. i was "argumentative" with one
of the people i would've been working with; or something like that.
glad i found out that they were that type of company before i signed a
contract :)


> Guess I'm having a chatty day.
>
> Devon
>
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