[lug] Linux jobs in Boulder/Denver?

[D. Stimits]

Archer Sully wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 17 April 2002 06:33, you wrote:
> >
> > After a few phone interviews, here's my theory on why things are so tough
> > out there.  Most employers aren't really looking for employees right now.
> > Those that are are looking for an exact matching Superman or Wonder Woman.
> > If they don't find it, no big deal.  They didn't really have to hire
> > anyone anyway.  If they do find it, great, they got a "gem", and probably
> > for much less now than they would have paid a year ago.
> 
> I think you're right.  I've put in resumes for several jobs that looked like
> a good match, only to be told that "we're really looking for someone who
> also has experience with 'x'", where x is some obscure/secondary skill
> that was barely mentioned in the job req.   Employers no longer want to
> hire smart people, just people who perfectly match their desires.  And with
> that much commitment to employee knowledge, how safe do you think
> that job really is?

I agree, I have something to add though. I suspect that employers have
expected certain things to work based on their prior estimates of job
descriptions and requirements; they didn't really know what was needed,
and ended up disappointed. Now I see an overreaction that if a certain
description did not result in what they wanted, that adding more
requirements would make up for their own inability to figure out what
really makes success. Past failure seems to lead to some attempt to get
it right the next time, via more of the same views that made it fail
before. The Superman/Wonder Woman concept is just another of the
evolving series of faery tales on magic formulas to get rich quick.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> Frankly, I'm considering selling out, leaving Boulder, and opening a cafe
> in an under-caffeinated college town somewhere.
> 
> -- archer
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