Web 2.0

Have you, like me, ever sat in a meeting and wondered exactly what-ah-THE-FUCK Web 2.0 ACTUALLY IS?

Well wonder no more with this handy little guide from a professor, or something.

No, but really it's pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

Fun with SkyTV Captions

I was just browsing around the other day and found this, don't ask how ;)

More Recruiter Shennanigans

Got this yesterday, got it three times:

Dear Consultant

Our Brussels based client requires a Senior J2EE Dev/Architect/Designer for a 3 month contract, with the possibility of going permanent in the long term. The spec is as follows:

So I asked him to stop sending them to me:

Ok, please stop sending these

No thanks

He didn't take the hint:

My apologies Adam. For some reason you appeared 3 times on our database. I have corrected the error.

What is your current status?

So I told him what my current status is:

Mike,

My current status is; alive, breathing, sitting, drinking a cup of coffee. Sometimes my status is nose-picking, but I had breakfast this morning so that won’t be necessary today.

Oh, you mean work status? I am employed full-time, although the above statuses still count too.

Apparently he does have a sense of humour:

Thanks. Glad to hear you’re not starving!

Recruiter Alert

I got this email from a recruiter recently:

Good afternoon Adam,

Your CV was sent to me today via Monster (one of our online recruitment partners). I have read through your profile notes and now wondered if the job description as attached would be of any interest? The position is a permanent vacancy working for a media and entertainment company based in Battersea, SW London.

They now seek a Java Developer with a salary bracket on offer in the region of £25k - £40k (negotiable on experience) but they will be expecting high quality for the upper end price!

If you are interested, please could you reply back to me with your full CV in Word format, confirming in the subject the job title that you would like to be considered for?

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at your earliest convenience.

I look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Keith.

I was particularly intrigued by the line, "£25k - £40k (negotiable on experience) but they will be expecting high quality for the upper end price!"

So I replied:

Keith,

Thanks for getting in contact.

Yes I do have one question. You said "but they will be expecting high quality for the upper end price". Could I go for the lower end price? I am sure I could manage poor to low quality. Just exactly how low quality could I get away with for £25k? Is it as simple as half as good as the £40k, or does the scale start at £25k? Could I just grunt and dribble on myself for that price?

If I was willing to drop another, say £5K, could I just sit there and wet myself?

Thanks, I look forward to a potential interview.
Adam

Interestingly he replied, I guess the humour was lost on him. He did allude to my use of humour, but I can only imagine he forwarded my email to someone in his office, who pointed out my clandestine subtleties:

Adam,

Thank you for your entertaining response…!

If you are willing to be considered, please complete the attached tech test which I will want back by end of day tomorrow. It's open book and I normally give candidates 24 hours to do it. It's a test of research and initiative as well as a test of current knowledge.

If you’re up for the challenge, I look forward to receiving your effort. From here, we can see just how much of a fit you have for the role.

Best regards, Keith.

Ps I will also need your full CV in Word format.