[svlug] [Job Posting] There Needs Hackers Like You!

[Don Marti]

begin William R Ward quotation of Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:11:25AM -0700:

> Further, I think the rule should be changed.  Given the large number
> of out-of-work SVLUG members and the small number of available jobs,
> job offer postings are unlikely to be a major problem in the near
> future.

A number that is "small" when it's a number of available jobs is
"large" when it turns into list traffic.

And there are already many existing job boards and few good Linux
lists.

If there are job hunting list members who feel that their needs are
not being served by existing job boards, we can talk about setting
up a jobs list.  It's not that much work to add a list to the
server, and I'm sure if the job hunters asked Marc nicely he would.
That would be better than changing a posting policy that works.

> I think with these slight relaxations of the no-job-posting rule we
> would not see any degradation in quality of the list, and it would
> really help those who are having trouble getting work.

Unfortunately, people don't understand relaxed rules or those
requiring judgment.  Only the strictest, most pigheaded enforcement
keeps the list useful at all.

I'm not trying to be mean to the job seekers.  Here is something to
cheer you up:

"In a survey of skills types in short supply, Linux is
the only one to have seen any growth over the past year."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132622,00.html

> "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
>  little statesmen and philosophers and divines."        - Emerson

But it's good for the signal-to-noise ratio!

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