[sf-lug] Fwd:Re:Job: DevOps/Sysadmin/Linux contractor (Verizon Wireless client) in Walnut Creek... etc.

[aaronco36]

Todd Hawley <celticdm at gmail.com> wrote at [1]

>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 7:06 AM Justin Noor <justinnoor.io at
>> gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Those are some pretty high expectations for a temp worker. No
>> pun intended.

>
> Probably why it's through a recruiter. :p
>
> -th


OTOH, perhaps this job ad _really was_ submitted by someone in 
Verizon[Wireless]'s HR Dept rather than through a recruiter (and BTW, is 
Verizon's "suckiness" as per ref [2] possibly still appicable 10 years 
later?)
IMHO, 3rd party recruiting firms tend to do a much better task of writing 
job descriptions that will net the greatest number of qualified temp job 
applicants for themselves than do the primary companies' HR departments 
they represent.

IIRC, there was actually such a job posting from a primary discussed on 
one of the Bay Area Linux mailing-lists within the last dozen or so years, 
which described the desired candidate as having something like 15 or more 
years of hands-on experience with one or more Linux distributions and one 
or more shells in addition to bash. Which is ironic because in 2005, going 
back "15 or more years of hands-on experience" would have required 
candidates to have that hands-on experience just before or soon after 
Linus Torvalds started developing the initial Linux kernels in the first 
place!!
Couldn't yet find that particular Worst Linux job ad on the Bay Area LUG 
lists, so if someone knows of that particular ad I'm referring to just 
above, please feel free to speak up :-)
Rick M?

I recall one particular job ad of "high expectations for a temp worker" in 
the Aughts (Y2K-2010) with _at least_ something like the following 
mandatory job reqs:

1. Seeking a contract Hardware Installation+Upgrading / Systems+Network 
Administration / On-Site Field Technician for three months.
2. Must have over ten years of direct hands-on experience working with all 
the following technologies: C/Perl/shell programming and debugging for 
automated jobs; webpage creation and editing using HTML 4.0; Lotus Notes 
server maintenance; Windows 2000 and 2003 servers with IIS; Cisco routers 
with Cisco IOS; MacOS 9 and Mac OS X with AppleTalk; multiplatform Oracle 
DBMS systems maintenance with SQL; Red Hat and GmbH Suse Linux; all 
applicable LAN and WAN technologies; TCP/IP, NetBIOS, SONET, Frame-relay, 
ISDN, local DSL, local 56k dial-up, ... etcetera.
3. Must be fully MCSE/CCNA/RHCE certified, have at least a B.A. degree 
from an American college, have superb English communication skills, and be 
able to submit written reports and training guide documentation to central 
supervisory and/or to field office staff on at least a weekly basis if not 
more frequently.
4. Must be able to easily lift 35 pounds and carry their own health 
insurance.
5. Must have driver's license, own their own fully-registered car kept in 
excellent operable condition, have car insurance, and be available to 
drive and visit suburban and rural field offices within a 75-mile radius 
of main technical centers on nights and/or on weekends as needed. 
Promptness and keeping exactly to full assigned schedules are absolute 
musts.
6. Probationary period is for exactly four 35-hour weeks at minimum wage 
regardless of any overtime hours spent on an as-needed basis or on 
transportation times to/from distant field offices. Following the 
probationary period, the remaining duration of this position is for an 
extra nine weeks as a standard fulltime contractor with paid overtime but 
with no expressed or implied possibility of a transition from temporary to 
permanent employment.


Here are a few other worst technical job description that I found through 
a cursory online search for the same (keywords "worst technical job 
description")
- Level 2 Service Desk Engineer - Phoenix, AZ [3]
- An Amazingly Bad IT Job Listing that Borders on Abusive [4]
- Slideshow: Truth in IT job postings: What those want ads really mean [5]

Please feel free to submit your own one(s).

-A


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References
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[1]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2018q4/013516.html
[2]http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/verizon.html
[3]https://www.indeed.com/cmp/GreenLoop-IT-Solutions/jobs/Level-Help-Desk-Engineer-761a5c559e9b1fb7
[4]http://valleywag.gawker.com/an-amazingly-bad-it-job-listing-that-borders-on-abusive-1472848127
[5]https://www.infoworld.com/article/2606813/it-careers/82029-Truth-in-IT-job-postings-A-euphemism-translation-guide.html
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