[sf-lug] Fwd: [JOB] PHP/MySQL Developer, Santa Cruz, CA | 60k

[jim stockford]

    the ad said expert. i'm the one who said entry level.
    we should use good sense in interpreting what we
read. i think this ad describes a job that could be a
good starting point for someone just out of college or
with just one or two employment bouts under their belts.


On Dec 6, 2006, at 5:53 PM, Rick Moen wrote:

> Quoting jim stockford (jim at well.com):
>
>>     well..., come on, adrien: i know you know who writes
>> these ads--recruiters, not hiring managers. When the
>> web was two years old there were ads asking for five
>> years experience in http.
>
> If we shouldn't believe the ad where it says "expert", why should we
> nonetheless believe it where it says "entry-level" a few lines away?
>
> You can't have that both ways, and Adrien was quite right in pointing
> out the ad being self-contradictory and mildly ridiculous.  (However, I
> don't expect a lot of rationality in job ads.)
>
>
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