# Job Hunting Bullshit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632 "2009-01-16T18:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/121 "2009-01-23T02:22:36Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Don’t thread-shit, bitch. Oh, please. She’s a one trick pony. What’s next? Does she live in Spain? Does her husband work in a prison? Give us a break, already. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/122 "2009-01-23T02:24:56Z")
Um, you read the thread title, and saw the OP. What’s your fucking purpose except to thread shit? Really, fuck right off. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/123 "2009-01-23T02:27:44Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Um, you read the thread title, and saw the OP. What’s your fucking purpose except to thread shit? > > Really, fuck right off. Um, she should have posted in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/124 "2009-01-23T02:50:22Z")
Why? The Pit is for bitching. Seriously, do have a point or are you just trolling? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/125 "2009-01-23T02:53:48Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Um, she should have posted in MPSIMS. Then report the post. To everyone else: Good luck and here’s to finding a job _soon_!! ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/126 "2009-01-23T02:54:46Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Why? The Pit is for bitching. No it’s for “If you gotta flame, do it here. For topics or posters too heated for the more civilized forums (including board administration or moderation).” What was too heated for the other fora? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/127 "2009-01-23T02:56:01Z")
“Guest” rather than “Moderator.” Cool. Just checking my reading comprehension. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/128 "2009-01-23T03:04:36Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > “Guest” rather than “Moderator.” Cool. > > Just checking my reading comprehension. DNFTTard. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/129 "2009-01-23T03:07:58Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/130 "2009-01-23T03:10:29Z")
Never mind ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/131 "2009-01-23T04:16:58Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Oh, please. She’s a one trick pony. What’s next? Does she live in Spain? Does her husband work in a prison? Give us a break, already. Fuck off, bitch - that’s the first post beyond the OP I’ve contributed to this thread. CLEARLY your only purpose in being here is to shit on my head. Perhaps also to shit on other people. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/132 "2009-01-23T04:32:49Z")
I thought it was determined before that “she” was a guy? Or is that debate still going on? [Carol Stream](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Stream,_Illinois) is actually a place in Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/133 "2009-01-23T04:40:45Z")
I don’t know and I don’t care - but it does seem he/she/it was waiting for me to post to a thread just to dump on me again. Geez, I mentioned I was going to an interview tomorrow and that’s STILL not good enough? What a poisonous, toxic piece of slime. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/134 "2009-01-23T04:42:10Z")
I enjoy your posts. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/135 "2009-01-23T04:43:18Z")
AND, as near as we can tell, she has a (cushy local) government job. Whether you are dealing with her or the folks at Unemployment, remember that they get a better paycheck than you do, and it’s guaranteed beyond a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/136 "2009-01-23T12:37:37Z")
I believe it has mentioned having a husband in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/137 "2009-01-23T12:47:50Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > And now a job I applied to back in _August_ and a phone interview for in September has sent me an email asking if I’m still interested. I’m guessing whoever they had lined up bailed on them and they’re going back to the other people they interviewed. _ring ring_ Hello? May I speak with Nave, please? NavA, yes, it’s me. Oh, hello, I’m calling about the letter you sent us in response to our ad. Oh, good, which one if I may ask? 😕 The last time I was job searching, I’d send letters to 5 or 6 ads on average, each week. They’d call back, sometimes months later, expecting me to have been waiting at the phone or something… Who let this **Stream of Idiocy** in? There, is that bitchy enough for you, you piece of shit? Why am I insulting shit? ---
**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/138 "2009-01-23T14:21:05Z")
> [@Carol Stream](#): > > Oh, please. She’s a one trick pony. What’s next? Does she live in Spain? Does her husband work in a prison? Give us a break, already. Fuck off, cunt. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/139 "2009-01-23T14:27:26Z")
> [@Engywook](#): > > This one company called me in for a project management position. They told me on the phone that my resume looked like a great match for the position, and that I’d be talking to two people. > > I get into the interview, looking forward to a good conversation about the position , thinking my chances are excellent. > > My resume at the time didn’t list much more than rudimentary hands-on web production stuff - basic HTML, a smattering of javascript. You’d think that would have been OK, because no hands-on stuff was mentioned in the job description either. > > The hiring manager, however, asks me detailed questions about how the back-end of my old company worked. I understood at the abstract level, but it wasn’t my job to be up to my neck in that. > > Then she asks, “What methods of XML transformations are you familiar with? Do you use CSS or tables for your layout? Do you know PHP and SQL?” ad infinitum. All things that are reasonable to ask for in an applicant, but damned if it’s very polite to wait to ask until the fuckin’ interview. > > I got even, though. I went out and learned all that stuff. Ha. It’s one more way to do what you have to do nowadays: _cut down on the number of qualified candidates._ Employers at anything infotech oriented know very well that most of their people take the pragmatic approach, learning and using only what they need to get the job done. In tough times, unfortunately, pragmatic people are in great oversupply. It makes more sense to hire an übergeek who can be relied upon to solve the zillion niggling little tech issues the rest of us get into. It cuts both ways. ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632/140 "2009-01-23T15:46:56Z")
Broomstick, I’m in the same boat as you and it really truly sucks. I billed 68 hours last year. So far I don’t have even a glimmer of a possible contract this year. And it sure didn’t help that I moved far away from all my professional contacts right as the recession started. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunting-bullshit/481632.md?page=8)