HI, On 13 December 2010 19:36, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > On 13/12/2010 7:27 PM, John Pinner wrote: >> >> On 13 December 2010 16:31, Alec Battles<alec.batt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Am I the only one who considers this a bit spammy? >>> >> >> No ;-) >> >> On some other lists to which I subscribe, agencies are regarded as the >> lowest of the low and are banned. > > I'm genuinely surprised by this reaction which comes up > even more forcefully on the main Python lists. It seems > like a reasonable use of a (technically and geographically) > focused mailing list. You might not like job agencies, but > there doesn't seem to be anything intrinsically wrong with > them. > > Am I missing something? Is some kind of Linux-culture thing > which doesn't spill over...?
You're probably missing the employer's view, from which perspective they provide a very low level of service, often bordering on the incompetent, and at a very high price. I don't think it's anything to do with Linux culture, except that they all seem incapable of recognising that the requirements of a Linux shop differ from an MS shop, and persist in proposing people with MSCE and Access 'database' experience... And there are Python and Linux job boards... John -- _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
