The ad reads fine for the type of organisation, I don't think you are going to work there if you are a corp type. The video I couldn't really get as I don't have audio at work (without buggering around).
It's the salary that's the issue for me, hard to be really, really smart and be offered $NZ40K-80K (that's $AU31- to $AU63K AU, or $US20K - $US40K) I got paid $AU31K in 14 years ago when I came out of Uni doing LAN support! I've hosted with RimuHosting and they were good, but now I know how they afford to keep costs down :o) On Feb 19, 8:42 am, Mark Derricutt <[email protected]> wrote: > So... any java dev folk feel like moving to New Zealand? And a small town > at that for some java love? > > This post is in part a serious request if anyones interesting in moving > here, but also to start a new discussion about how these adds come across. > > Earlier in the week, Rimu Hosting ( a well known web hosting service, with a > good java-deployment story ) appeared on a local news show with a segment > about not being able to find any good developers, the video can be watched > here: > > http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/CampbellLive/tabid/367/articleID/91372/c... > > Following this story being broadcast, the following job advert was posted to > a local auction site (think ebay+craigslist): > > http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Jobs/IT-Jobs/Programming-developmen... > > Now for me - both the story and advert leave me feeling a little jaded, the > Campell Live segment starts with annoying audio/video editing declaring "ja > ja ja ja java, tom to to tom ca ca cat." and just came across as tacky and > made the rest of the story seem less 'serious'. This is followed by a > request for people who "eat java for breakfast", and who want to "whack > code". > > Not to mention that "coding up the Java app, HTML, CSS, Javascript and > database. keeping at it until you have a truly perfect and awesome > application." part of the advert left me with a 'we have no actual dev > process' feeling. > > I could be wrong - I know people there, and I know a lot of the Campbell > Live segment was heavily edited, but part of me isn't surprised they're not > finding devs. > > Thoughts? > > ...and then Buffy staked Edward. The End. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
