Re: Mountains to big to climb

been around the block.  Know that they have someone in mind that operates in
that manner, but they have to open it to the public ( it is a school system)

They advertized for a webmaster, but actually it seems they need more of a
graphic artist and wanted someone with photoshop to come and draw them a
pretty picture.

ya win some ya loose some.  No hard feelings if someone on this list
recognises the job opening.

I asked the question here to see if this type of method was being used by
other employers?  If this is the norm then I better rethink the way I am
preparing my job search.

I thought the method was more how a contracting company bid for work and not
what I am used to seeing when actually applying for work.  Maybe this is the
beginning of the gray line between those two pursuits.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Captain F.M. O'Lary" <ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net>
To: "Bryan Bateman" <batemanb(at)home.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: Mountains to big to climb


> Bryan,
>
> I often face this. It's never a problem. All you need is notepad or the
> equivalent . . . IF (obviously) you are the person they are looking for.
>
> See my point?
>
> I apologize for not phrasing it more "delicately", but that never was my
> strong suit.
>
> HTH,
> Fuzzy
>
> At 11:15 AM 10/20/00 +0100, Bryan Bateman wrote:
> >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?
> >
> __________________________________________________________________
> Captain F.M. O'Lary
> webmaster(at)canopy.net
> If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin'
> somebody else's dog around.
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