Re: Mountains to big to climb

forgive them they know not what they do


----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Kesting" <kesting(at)mindspring.com>
To: "'Bryan Bateman'" <batemanb(at)home.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 2:03 PM
Subject: RE: Mountains to big to climb


> Bryan:
>
> They are IDIOTS!
>
> People that micromanage are always looking for the BEST wave, which never
> comes, rather than to ride and improve the existing wave.  They will tell
> you from which side the toilet paper should hang from the bathroom wall.
> They will tell you that you MUST put the sugar in your coffee BEFORE you
> pour the cream.
>
> Unless you can get to the guru that runs the place and convert him, which
> takes years until his pride has been broken, you are going to be wandering
> in the desert.  Tell them that in five years you will be doing better than
> they will even if you have to dig ditches.
>
> Guys that run companies like this are like Winnie the Pooh's friend Roo.
I
> am swimming, Pooh, I am swimming, see me, notice me, see me, I am
swimming,
> SEE ME!
>
> You might want to watch them as a social experiment to see them flounder.
> If they get lucky and bought, out the first guy to be shown the door will
be
> the "know-it-all"
>
> Walter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of Bryan Bateman
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 6:15 AM
> To: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
> Subject: Mountains to big to climb
>
>
> I am in the process of looking for gainful employment.
>
> As a requirement for the interview process I was asked to bring my own
> laptop with all my development software on it OR supply them with the
> software so that their IT department could install it.
>
> I do not own nor can I afford a laptop at this time.
>
> I do not know how many of you out there support your own computer(s), but
I
> have my tools strung across multiple machines and multiple OS's with
> databases, web servers, perl, php, jsp, asp etc.  I asked if I could use a
> browser during the demonstration to point to my home or production
> environments?  NO
>
> I asked if I could bring printouts?  NO
>
> They wanted to see me create a web page while they watched.
>
> Is this normal for a job interview?
>
>

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