-=> Quoting Kurt Weiske to Nancy Backus on 12-23-15  08:17 <=-

 KW>> 1998-2001) and remember recruiters asking for more experience in
 KW>> languages and server platforms than they'd been in existence.
 NB>> Does make one shake one's head, wondering what they had for brains... ;)

 KW> Made me want to say "just get me in front of your client, let's let
 KW> them make the choice".

Yuppers...  ;)

 KW> There are good ones out there, though -- as a hiring manager I dealt
 KW> with a few recruiters who Got It. One did the most amazing job of
 KW> hiring cohesive departments - between he and the director of IT, they
 KW> hired the most cooperative, collaborative, effective IT department I'd
 KW> worked in. As soon as he was promoted to the parent company after an
 KW> acquisition, a technical resource who was not hired as a people manager
 KW> took over, brought in a couple of buddies, and ruined the vibe.

Sigh.  Probably the management didn't even have a clue that what he was
doing was that big a deal... 

ttyl        neb

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