Hi all, On Tuesday 24 May 2011 22:57:27 Shlomi Fish wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone here volunteer to write about Perl for http://perl.about.com/ ? > It's been suffering from a lot of neglect, and my application for a writer > there was rejected (see below). >
Someone asked me (in private - :-( ) what my writing sample looked like, and since this was a form submission and it was a long time ago, I don't recall exactly, but I think they were these: * http://www.shlomifish.org/lecture/Perl/Newbies/ * http://perl-begin.org/ Regards, Shlomi Fish > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: RE: Guide Application for [Perl] > Date: Tuesday 24 May 2011, 18:01:03 > From: jm...@about.com > To: shlo...@shlomifish.org, shlo...@gmail.com > > > Shlomi, > > While we thank you for taking the time to apply to be an About.com Guide, > we have decided not to accept your application for entry into Prep. A few > common reasons why your application was not accepted include: > > * We are looking for someone with more professional writing experience. > * We are looking for someone with more writing experience in the topic. > * We are looking for someone with different qualifications. > * The writing in the writing sample was not up to our standards or had > typographical errors. > > If you feel that you did not represent yourself to your best advantage in > your application and you wish to apply again, you are more than welcome to > do so at http://beaguide.about.com. In addition, you may also be > interested in applying to be a writer for ConsumerSearch, a member of the > About, Inc. group of companies looking for writers to join their teams. > If so, we encourage you to apply via the following link: > > * Consumer Search: http://www.consumersearch.com/www/jobs.html. > > Thanks again for your application, > > About.com Recruitment and Training Team > > ----------------------------------------- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ First stop for Perl beginners - http://perl-begin.org/ In Soviet Russia, XSLT codes you. Badly! Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
