Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060418
Fedora/1.0.8-1.1.fc4 Firefox/1.0.8 with Macromedia Flash Plugin 7.0.63

The plugin is from http://macromedia.rediris.es/rpm/ kept up to date in
yum(ex)

Works. No errors.

Chris is right, it is against the law to make any reference to age,
gender, etc.

But I can relate to Carl too. When I need to hire someone (which I just
did, the latest two months ago) I know what I want and the type of
audience I want to have. And I have to make the most of my add to be
catchy enough to reach it and attract what I see might be the right
person for the team.

If Carl wants someone young and enthusiast what I read is that he
doesn't necessarily needs experience and he is also prepared to offer
flexible hours (see how early young people get up in the morning,
especially on Mondays). He is also prepared to take the risk that comes
with lack of experience and youth. What I read there is opportunity to
grow for a recent graduate with as little as under 3 years industry
experience with a passion for computers and the linux virus in him/her,
the Gentoo strain in this case.

I may add that like with everything else, you don't always get what you
want, nor what you need. But if you don't ask for it, in the nicest
possible way you can of course, you don't get it at all. And not always
the person that best fits the initial profile gets the job either. 

Probably this is why his posting in this list. Where best to find the
most infected audience with the right bug?

Adrian


On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 20:02 +1200, Carl Bowden wrote:
> On 20/04/2006, at 5:31 PM, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 20 April 2006 08:07, Carl Bowden wrote:
> >> We are looking for a Linux (Gentoo mainly) system admin
> > Most members know my details, so I'll be brief.
> >
> >                       First compiled a program:- 1969
> > First typed 'vi' and expected to see an editor:- 1988
> >                    First serious use of SYSVR3:- 1992 or was it 1993,
> >                        First install of Gentoo:- Version 1.2
> >
> >                              Windows knowledge:- Zero
> >
> > However, seeing as you have your index page forwarding to:-
> > http://www.e2-media.co.nz/flash.html
> > which displays as a plain dark blue motionless background in a  
> > standards
> > conforming browser, you'd better know that I'll probably not want  
> > to work
> 
> Would you mind telling me what the browser is?
> (I appreciate it may be 'standards' confirming, but is the flash  
> plugin?)
> 
> what I'm more interested is why the detect has not bounced you
> 
> > either full-time or permanently in that kind of intellectual  
> > surroundings.
> 
> well, for now, just the user-agent signature of your browser will  
> greatly improve your 'suroundings'
> 
> >
> > btw, the use of any wording which infers that there an age range  
> > within
> > which an offer of employment for the prospective employee will be  
> > made is
> > against the law.
> 
> I sincerely apologise if you felt I implied the 'age' was in  
> reference to the position, it was merely a refection of the people we  
> currently employ
> 
> >
> > -- 
> > CS
> 
> ta Carl.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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