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How Not to Apply for a Job

Jul 05, 2005 10:35 AM
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From one recent email:

  • Learn punctuation, grammar and spelling. Don't open your email with a sentence containing: "@+[sic] years experoence [sic]". If your English is that poor when you're trying to make a great impression, I'd hate to read documentation you wrote when you were under a tight deadline. Seriously, get a friend to edit it.
  • Don't put ten email addresses in the "To:" field of your email. That's like asking out ten girls at the same time; unless you're the Rick James of the programming world, it isn't gonna work

update

I also recommend you submit a code sample that does not contain the comment:

// what the fuck was i doing with this?

Comments: How Not to Apply for a Job

It's even funnier when those resumes include the phrase "Excellent written and verbal communication skills" (in all sorts of apropos degrees of misspellings, of course).

Oh, the irony.

Posted by: Dossy on July 5, 2005 3:00 PM | permalink

Recently, someone posted on their blog why someone should hire them. "I write good."

Fin.

Posted by: petrilli on July 6, 2005 12:59 PM | permalink

No more comments! Either someone has violated Godwin's Law, I'm tired of the discussion or, most likely, the ten-week window has closed. You can, however, contact me through email.