From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
Subject: Re: Ada?
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 15:09:37 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2002-02-24T15:09:37+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5avnh$a7v$4@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3c78167e.3219289@news.cis.dfn.de
Nick Roberts <nickroberts@ukf.net> wrote:
: My advice for getting a programming job is: find out as much as you can
: about what the prospective employer is doing, and needs (or is likely to
: need) programmers for, and then walk in and (LIE!) make out your skills and
: interests are all in those areas (with a totally straight face); whichever
: languages they use or require skill in, tell them you know them all
: intimately (again, just LIE, even if you've never of heard of them);
This and the following information might, among other things,
well be considered country specific, just to mention.
: always
: be courteous, but assume the company -- no matter how big, slick, or
: impressive -- is a pile of pig excrement to work for, and ask as many
: diplomatic questions as you can to allow them to prove otherwise (and if
: they fail to prove otherwise, take another offer if you have one). Simply
: do not worry you are overselling yourself (just take it from me). Emphasise
: practicality.
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2002-02-19 21:21 Ada? anymous
2002-02-19 22:02 ` Ada? chris.danx
2002-02-19 23:38 ` Ada? Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-24 3:23 ` Ada? Nick Roberts
2002-02-24 15:09 ` Georg Bauhaus [this message]
2002-02-27 15:26 ` Ada? Enrico A.
2002-03-19 15:06 ` Ada? Colin Paul Gloster
2002-03-19 20:57 ` Ada? Ted Dennison
2002-03-19 22:00 ` Ada? Dan Andreatta
2002-03-19 23:45 ` Ada? Larry Kilgallen
2002-03-20 14:26 ` Ada? Ted Dennison
[not found] ` <3C98E9CC.45D733F2@west.raytheon.com>
2002-03-21 9:39 ` Ada? Preben Randhol
2002-03-20 2:08 ` Ada? Adrian Hoe
2002-03-20 17:39 ` Ada? Marin David Condic
2002-03-22 1:56 ` Ada? Adrian Hoe
2002-03-22 2:34 ` Ada? Richard Riehle
2002-03-21 15:12 ` Waay OT - America (was: Ada?) Ted Dennison
2002-03-20 1:41 ` Ada? Adrian Hoe
2002-03-20 2:34 ` Ada? DPH
2002-03-20 10:52 ` Ada? Reinert Korsnes
2002-03-20 13:32 ` Ada? Gary Scott
2002-02-27 21:37 ` Ada? Ken Pinard
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-03-22 6:54 Ada? Christoph Grein
[not found] <200203220654.HAA11171@bulgaria.otn.eurocopter.de>
2002-03-22 7:58 ` Ada? sk
[not found] ` <3C9AE426.471865A1@myob.com>
2002-03-22 8:05 ` Ada? sk
2002-03-22 8:29 Ada? Christoph Grein
2002-03-22 14:57 ` Ada? Ted Dennison
2002-03-22 15:34 ` Ada? Jean-Pierre Rosen
[not found] <200203220829.JAA11725@bulgaria.otn.eurocopter.de>
2002-03-22 15:55 ` Ada? sk
2004-10-22 13:22 Ada# fabio de francesco
2004-10-22 13:36 ` Ada# Marc A. Criley
2020-05-28 22:33 Ada++ Jerry
2020-05-29 2:09 ` Ada++ Nasser M. Abbasi
2020-05-29 2:57 ` Ada++ Rick Newbie
2020-05-29 9:49 ` Ada++ raph.amiard
2020-05-29 9:51 ` Ada++ gautier_niouzes
2020-05-30 1:32 ` Ada++ Rick Newbie
2020-05-30 6:52 ` Ada++ gautier_niouzes
2020-05-30 7:04 ` Ada++ Rick Newbie
2020-05-30 7:31 ` Ada++ Dmitry A. Kazakov
[not found] ` <rb05fk$l5r$1@dont-email.me>
2020-05-31 21:20 ` Ada++ gautier_niouzes
2020-05-29 10:36 ` Ada++ Luke A. Guest
2020-05-30 1:35 ` Ada++ Rick Newbie
2020-05-29 11:09 ` Ada++ Björn Lundin
2020-05-29 12:31 ` Ada++ Nasser M. Abbasi
2020-05-29 21:57 ` Ada++ Optikos
2020-05-31 11:40 ` Ada++ Björn Lundin
2020-05-31 15:51 ` Ada++ J-P. Rosen
2020-05-30 1:36 ` Ada++ Rick Newbie
2020-05-29 3:45 ` Ada++ Optikos
2020-05-29 15:41 ` Ada++ Optikos
2020-05-29 3:54 ` Ada++ cantanima.perry
2020-05-29 10:41 ` Ada++ Luke A. Guest
2020-05-29 4:17 ` Ada++ Wesley Pan
2020-05-29 4:38 ` Ada++ Nasser M. Abbasi
2020-05-29 6:06 ` Ada++ J-P. Rosen
2020-05-29 6:56 ` Ada++ Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-05-29 7:22 ` Ada++ J-P. Rosen
2020-05-29 9:23 ` Ada++ fabien.chouteau
2020-05-29 9:43 ` Ada++ raph.amiard
2020-05-29 10:27 ` Ada++ Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-05-29 11:00 ` Ada++ Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-05-29 20:57 ` Ada++ J-P. Rosen
2020-06-13 9:40 ` Ada++ Nasser M. Abbasi
2020-06-13 10:03 ` Ada++ gautier_niouzes
2020-06-13 10:11 ` Ada++ Nasser M. Abbasi
2020-06-13 10:07 ` Ada++ Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-06-14 5:29 ` Ada++ J-P. Rosen
2020-05-30 15:25 ` Ada++ ric.wai88
2020-05-30 17:02 ` Ada++ Stéphane Rivière
2020-05-30 20:56 ` Ada++ Optikos
2020-05-30 21:58 ` Ada++ ric.wai88
2020-06-05 22:37 ` Ada++ Randy Brukardt
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