Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Victoria Conlan
At an interview with Auntie a few years ago, they gave me a Perl script and asked me to highlight all the problems/errors in it. Not sure if they were flattering me, but I found quite a few they didn't seem to be aware of.. I've been on the other side of that interview. I was astonished

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Peter Edwards
On 26 September 2011 14:37, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote: I had a go at code dojo at the recent Agile on the Beach conference and thought to myself - this would be a handy technical test tool : http://jonjagger.blogspot.com/p/cyberdojo.html (and yes, it does come in perl

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Joel Bernstein
On 27 September 2011 15:30, Peter Edwards pe...@dragonstaff.co.uk wrote: On 26 September 2011 14:37, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote: I had a go at code dojo at the recent Agile on the Beach conference and thought to myself - this would be a handy technical test tool :

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Jones, Christopher
On 27 Sep 2011, at 14:14, Victoria Conlan wrote: At an interview with Auntie a few years ago, they gave me a Perl script and asked me to highlight all the problems/errors in it. Not sure if they were flattering me, but I found quite a few they didn't seem to be aware of.. I've been on

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Elizabeth Mattijsen
On Sep 27, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Joel Bernstein wrote: On 27 September 2011 15:30, Peter Edwards pe...@dragonstaff.co.uk wrote: On 26 September 2011 14:37, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote: I had a go at code dojo at the recent Agile on the Beach conference and thought to myself - this

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Gareth Harper
On 27 September 2011 14:36, Joel Bernstein j...@fysh.org wrote: It doesn't appear to explain coding dojo but jumps straight into assuming you know what it means. Only Dojo I ever came across is a rather painful JS framework. Context? The original term for dojo was where you practiced a

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Peter Edwards
On 27 September 2011 14:36, Joel Bernstein j...@fysh.org wrote: It doesn't appear to explain coding dojo but jumps straight into assuming you know what it means. Only Dojo I ever came across is a rather painful JS framework. Context? http://codingdojo.org/ an instance thereof

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread David Dorward
On 27 Sep 2011, at 14:51, Jones, Christopher wrote: PS I've since improved my blagging skills, would be happy with less money, and might spot a few more problems with the script than I did 4 years ago. Just in case Auntie is still hiring. They are, I got double spammed by jobstheword

Fwd: [newtech-141] CloudCamp London 5th October 6.30pm onwards

2011-09-27 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Anyone care? Begin forwarded message: From: Chris Purrington chris.purring...@cohesiveft.com Subject: [newtech-141] CloudCamp London 5th October 6.30pm onwards Date: 27 September 2011 15:56:19 GMT+01:00 To: newtech-141-annou...@meetup.com Hello Everyone, I apologise, recently I've been

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 03:08:13PM +0100, David Dorward wrote: On 27 Sep 2011, at 14:51, Jones, Christopher wrote: PS I've since improved my blagging skills, would be happy with less money, and might spot a few more problems with the script than I did 4 years ago. Just in case Auntie is

Re: Fwd: [newtech-141] CloudCamp London 5th October 6.30pm onwards

2011-09-27 Thread Roger Burton West
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 04:12:48PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Anyone care? This is the first message I've had with Cloud in the subject line that wasn't blatant spam. Roger

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 03:08:13PM +0100, David Dorward wrote: On 27 Sep 2011, at 14:51, Jones, Christopher wrote: PS I've since improved my blagging skills, would be happy with less money, and might spot a few more problems with the script than I did 4 years ago. Just in case Auntie is

Re: Fwd: [newtech-141] CloudCamp London 5th October 6.30pm onwards

2011-09-27 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 04:12:48PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Anyone care? Subject: [newtech-141] CloudCamp London 5th October 6.30pm onwards I don't fancy camping at the best of times, let alone on a cloud. It would be cold, damp, and plummetty, all of which would spoil my hair-do. --

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Joel Bernstein
On 27 September 2011 17:44, David Cantrell da...@cantrell.org.uk wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 03:08:13PM +0100, David Dorward wrote: On 27 Sep 2011, at 14:51, Jones, Christopher wrote: PS I've since improved my blagging skills, would be happy with less money, and might spot a few more

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 06:00:26PM +0200, Joel Bernstein wrote: On 27 September 2011 17:44, David Cantrell da...@cantrell.org.uk wrote: Auntie is ALWAYS looking for perl people. ALWAYS. Thing is, they only seem to pay market rates for contractors. I only ever see Grade 7D permanent Perl jobs

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Peter Edwards
On 27 September 2011 17:00, Joel Bernstein j...@fysh.org wrote: Maybe I've got this wrong, but I don't much like the idea of applying for a permanent job with little scope to negotiate the rate regardless of skills and experience, where (conventionally, without FOI requests) I don't know

amusing command sequence of the day

2011-09-27 Thread David Alban
i typed the third command quite naturally. then i remembered: $ sudo -l -bash: sudo: command not found $ locate sudo | grep '/sudo$' locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': Permission denied $ sudo locate sudo | grep '/sudo$' -bash: sudo: command not found -- Live in a world

Re: amusing command sequence of the day

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Makepeace
Interesting - my reflexive response to the first would be apt-get install sudo ..and take it from there Sent from Android On Sep 27, 2011 10:00 AM, David Alban exta...@extasia.org wrote: i typed the third command quite naturally. then i remembered: $ sudo -l -bash: sudo: command not

Re: Perl Skills Test

2011-09-27 Thread Denny
On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 16:20 +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 03:08:13PM +0100, David Dorward wrote: On 27 Sep 2011, at 14:51, Jones, Christopher wrote: PS I've since improved my blagging skills, would be happy with less money, and might spot a few more problems with

Re: amusing command sequence of the day

2011-09-27 Thread Avleen Vig
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Paul Makepeace pa...@paulm.com wrote: Interesting - my reflexive response to the first would be apt-get install sudo You mean: sudo apt-get install sudo ?