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).
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/ Knuth is not God! Unless you confuse him with Dijkstra. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ My Favourite FOSS - http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/favourite/ Mastering 'cat' is almost as difficult as herding cats. -- http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/Mastering-Cat/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Best Introductory Programming Language - http://shlom.in/intro-lang * Backward compatibility is your worst enemy. * Backward compatibility is your users' best friend. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .