For anyone that has been hiring you have probably noticed that the caliber of employee out there looking for work these days is a bit higher than in the past. During the last recession they said you could tell how the market was doing by whether or not you got stock advice as the cashier handed you your Dunkin Donuts each morning.
Below is an unedited, names and emails have been removed to protect the innocent, request for employment we received that I absolutely had to share with you all.
On the positive side the gentleman has lots of confidence and is not shy about calling attention to his perceived strengths, which is a key in getting noticed in the ocean of resumes businesses are receiving.
On the down side – well I will let you read it and figure out the downside. Needless to say he is not our typical job candidate so if you are interested in an introduction for your organization let me know……..
Josh
saw your ad on craigslist. I never provide personal information to anyone
for any reason.
However, I have been a programmer for 30 years, consultant for 20.
I can handle all of the IT, Legal and finance requirements for any size
company. I can take a company public, do complete business plans
including risk assessment, payback, breakeven analysis, proformas, etc;
I develop in postgresql, php, css, xml, javascript/jquery on Linux/BSD Only.
I don’t use CMSs or Flash, they are for amateurs. Flash has it’s place,
but in my opinion that is pretty much only for video and music sites
that don’t expect a lot of hits. Flash is extremely slow, buggy as hell,
but has a few cool features if you really need them; I used to develop
in Flash but found it was far more trouble than it was worth.
I will not touch a Microshit box. All microshit software and os platforms
are pure crap and I won’t touch them, except to convert someone over
to a Linux network. I also work in Sun/Solaris. The best way to do this
is to let me know what the specifics are of a project and I can tell you
exactly how I’ll do it, if I can do it. My skill set is massive, far beyond
your average consultant.
Frankly, most people are pussies and have no idea what they are doing.
They regurgitate the crap that is the technology of the day; Ruby and
Python being an example, or those crappy CMSs like Joomla, Mambo, etc.
They very well might know something about IT, but they know nothing
about the law, or how to calculate marginal revenue/cost/profit analysis;
or inventory acceleration models; or how to do an M&A, or business
valuation for tax purposes. I am capable of all of that.
So if you want someone to handle some business in the XX area,
and have the need for a near eidetic polymath, let me know.
