RE: recruiters with english as a second language
I know everyone here knows this, but I can't just leave this thread percolating without responding... I currently work in a culturally mixed environment, with a number of people from outside the US. Sometimes I have a bit of difficulty with their accents or wordings, as they do with the native english speakers, but nobody's shy about saying, what?, so we work it out. And make no mistake, all these folks are seriously sharp, very nice people. I'm happy to be working with each of them. Everybody's different from somebody. That doesn't make them any less valuable, or worthy of respect. Recruiters, on the other hand, regardless of where they're from, that's another story (;-0)... Dave Merrill ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2998 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Cold Fusion Job Resources
Couple more suggestions: craigslist.com just seems to have more interesting jobs than many. bostonworks.boston.com is good if you're in that area. guru.com seems to be one of the better piecework sites, though I didn't end up actually setting myself up there. idealist.org is good if you're looking for that sort of thing, but it's not very high volume. indeed.com is an aggregator, and it's great. While it's quite helpful, I've found that for some reason not every job from the sources they track shows up, so it's also worth checking with at least some of them directly. FYI also, not everything they find shows up in their rss feed or email alerts; check the feed (easy in Firefox) and set up emails, but go to the site too. Good luck, Dave Merrill I don't seem to find a list of sites that are good resources for finding Cold Fusion work and wondering if anyone would like to contribute their list to this thread. I'll start out with some of the basic ones I've found several on: http://www.CareerBuilder.com http://www.Monster.com http://JustColdFusionJobs.com Also, I'm wondering if anyone has ever come across a 'master' job agent -- in other words, a job agent that you can specify keywords and it finds jobs on multiple sites (instead of registering with 20 separate job agents). Thanks! Dave ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2675 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Typing test for programming?
Writing user documentation (or an article, or a book) is a very different skill than being able to type. If a person can type 100 words a minute while composing at the same time, I'd be very impressed. A former boss of mine (a business and tech consultant, one of the smartest folks I've known) was legendary for both his typing and his ability to write long, complex, high-level documents off the top of his head. I personally know that he wrote an entire 500-page technical paper over a weekend -- one run through it, no editing or revision. Handed it into (perfectionist) production before delivery, and they made no changes. No typos, no rephrasing, no reorg, nothing. At roughly 325 words/pg, that's 162,500 words. Assuming two 12-hour days (it was probably less than that), that's about 6,770 words/hour, or about 112 wpm. While composing. He didn't do that every day, and granted, it was material he (obviously) knew really well. Still, I wish I could do that. Dave Merrill ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2666 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Typing test for programming?
A bunch of people have suggested 'Typing of the Dead' as a really fun typing game that gets your speed up. Demo version is a free download various places. Dave Merrill ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2647 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: Typing test for programming?
I remember a friend of mine once bragged about typing (programming code primarily in C/C++) much faster with only 4 fingers because the syntax was so different from english that it was actually more efficient not to use standard touch-typing practices. I didn't think much of it at the time. In retrospect I have to think the code was likely god-awful looking. My brother's a long-time APL programmer, and he can type it scary fast. If you've ever seen APL, you know that's quite a feat. Looks like a cross between hieroglyphics and a core dump. A semi-famous quote: APL, in which you can write a program to simulate shuffling a deck of cards and then dealing them out to several players in four characters, none of which appear on a standard keyboard. David Given Dave Merrill ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2652 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Anyone know anything about R.L. Stevens?
These folks: http://www.interviewing.com/ I'm not so much looking for comments about career management firms in general, more specific experience with this one in particular. They've been around for a long time, but I haven't found much in the way of opinions, positive or negative. Thanks, Dave Merrill ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2630 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
