What Rubin just said. Why treat people like shit when they, in all good faith, attempt to represent their potential IT contributions to yer organization? I've never understood that, except as PHBs and clueless HR drones. Yeah, SummitTech and wasn't it Level 9 rather than Level 3?
Montpeculiar appears to be, as fah as downtown, nearly wireless, but 2/3 insecure. Typical. Wife and I have surfed off WAPs here repeatedly, w/o security involved. Outside downtown, very spotty. NEK even more spotty, but who cares, day is jest po rural rubes. Oh wait: we got new initiatives from gummint on dat. Not to worry. Ah, well; IT is only for high-end PhD scientists and engineers these daze, plus entry-level help desk and data-entry gigs. Nothing in between. Oh wait: I forgot legacy programming. But what happens when they're all el-deado? Ordered up some more seed catalogs today and planning to attend the next NOFAVT winter conference. Barre has the gun show coming up in a week or so, I guess I'll just be the co-sys admin here at the house wid da wife. Hell, she turned me on to Chrome and potential contacts on Facebook and YouRube. Old Farmer Davy gotta hit da sack now; some more shoveling in da munin, dishes, pots and pans, other errands dat an old guy gotta do. Stay well and warm, brethren, and keep da faith. Old Farmer Davy On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Rion D'Luz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: > > > > Oh come on -- play nice with the locals. > > > > This isn't Comcast -- its a local organization with perhaps some flaws > that > > all organizations have. > Another "play nice" post. I really did not think I was being that critical, > but you > beg me asking why? Because they are local? Because of Forrest? Does being > local mean > that I/we should not be critical of any local company? What about > SummitTech and the > wonderful job they did to make all of Montpelier wireless? Can I criticize > Level3? > > > A friend of mine applied for over 120 jobs in 2006 > > and received 6 denials, 1 calls, and 1 interview. Unfortunately its par > for > > the course -- > Which is not an excuse! I realize that's the way it is. I accept that, but > if a company is > going to advertise to fill a job then they should allocate the resources > necessary to > respond in a timely fashion to all respondents; even those who fail the > pre-screening filter. > > > > especially with the breadth of resumes the internet brings to > > a job (we recently received ~100 resumes over the course of a week for a > > "director" position within my organization; about three from Vermont; the > > rest not even remotely relevant). > Tapping into the Internet as a resource to expand one's reach does not > absolve, but should rather increase > one's need not to be rude. Anthony mentioned harvesting resumes, that, to > me, is like spammers but > in reverse. To think it's perfectly OK w/out honoring the fact that one is > dealing with a human being > who took the time and initiative to respond is a) rude b) short-sighted c) > no different than being a spammer > e) a sad sign of the times > > > > > That being said; I have personally done work with Logic Supply and > ordered a > > small volume of machines from them. While they may not pose a 'local > > advantage' in terms of an organization you buy from; they do hire Vermont > > workers; and their people are wonderful to work with. > I have no doubts that you are 100% correct. Is all I'm saying is that 1st > impressions count and > my observations were about mine. > > > > > Re: Linux > > > > Lets not knock an organization that is trying to expand their horizons -- > > though slowly. They list themselves as a Canonical Solutions partner. I > > will attest to the sales rep I spoke with being quite knowledgable about > > what products worked best with Linux, and where to find support/drivers > for > > said hardware. > > > > > Corporate is what corporate is -- and Logic Supply is probably following > the > > money, and doing so while supporting Linux on their platform, supporting > > Vermont, and not routing calls to India. > > > > Stan > > > > >
