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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada?
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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.