Re: Embedded Software Engineers, needed in Seattle

bvanevery@xxxxxxxxx writes:

John Devereux wrote:

And that is the main reason why I would prefer not to see *any* job
posts - accepting it legitimises the spam.

Spoken as someone employed. ;-)

Well, yes :)

Has anyone tried, well, the thought experiment of simply not being
*crusty* about Usenet posts? That they don't all require a response?
That you can ignore what you don't wish to read?

I don't bother responding to them either - it is a waste of time with
most anyway since they are of the "fire and forget" type, where the
poster never reads any of the groups spammed. Ironically it is the
"borderline" cases that are worth complaining about (here), where the
poster actually has an interest in the group.

I've seen so many newsgroups where techies get crusty with any kind of
job recruiter, no matter what they say, that it's sickening. A lot of
techs aren't basically polite. My answer on the moderated gamedesign-l
was to expressly condone commercial posts, and to reject any posts
getting toasty about "evil suits."

The thing is there are already websites and newsgroups for job
hunting. Do we really want to add comp.arch.embedded to the mail lists
of the all the worlds recruitment agencies?

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John Devereux
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