Comments on: Geek Bait http://stephenbaugh.com/2008/05/geek-bait/ exploring a path through life Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dorks, Geeks & Nerds | TUI's Voice http://stephenbaugh.com/2008/05/geek-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Dorks, Geeks & Nerds | TUI's Voice Fri, 22 May 2009 02:58:19 +0000 http://stephenbaugh.com/?p=42#comment-775 [...] received this tweet a couple of days ago in responce to a tweet I wrote about Geek Bait. I must say it made my heart race momentarilly … Was I being a Dork, I like being a Geek but [...] [...] received this tweet a couple of days ago in responce to a tweet I wrote about Geek Bait. I must say it made my heart race momentarilly … Was I being a Dork, I like being a Geek but [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://stephenbaugh.com/2008/05/geek-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Anonymous Thu, 22 May 2008 15:01:00 +0000 http://stephenbaugh.com/?p=42#comment-19 I love seeing a person miss the point entirely.. actually I think I die a little more inside.. I love seeing a person miss the point entirely.. actually I think I die a little more inside..

]]> By: Eben http://stephenbaugh.com/2008/05/geek-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Eben Sun, 18 May 2008 05:58:00 +0000 http://stephenbaugh.com/?p=42#comment-18 Fair enough, I've always just emailed the "nerd heard" to get a good dev, usually one of them is looking for a job. They are generally extremely high calibre devs - I doubt they'd reply to an add like that though... maybe if they were bored...<br/><br/>I guess as long as they are up to the task! Fair enough, I’ve always just emailed the “nerd heard” to get a good dev, usually one of them is looking for a job. They are generally extremely high calibre devs – I doubt they’d reply to an add like that though… maybe if they were bored…

I guess as long as they are up to the task!

]]> By: Stephen Baugh http://stephenbaugh.com/2008/05/geek-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Stephen Baugh Sat, 17 May 2008 19:56:00 +0000 http://stephenbaugh.com/?p=42#comment-17 Thanks Eben, I'm not sure I said they needed to be a brilliant VB programmer to work out ROT13. What I said was this advert was effective in finding to great candidates. <br/><br/>Like Pavan suggested, there are a whole lot of criteria we review against, as well as there ability to code. What this stopped was the person that randomly sent out job requests without applying themselves.<br/><br/>And without wanting to cause offence ... If you only wanted a job that involved complex C programming, then the "de marketing" worked perfectly ... That's not the job, this is a Visual Basic job ... and no VB.net won't work as we are developing a cross platform app.<br/><br/>Thanks for the comments everyone Thanks Eben, I’m not sure I said they needed to be a brilliant VB programmer to work out ROT13. What I said was this advert was effective in finding to great candidates.

Like Pavan suggested, there are a whole lot of criteria we review against, as well as there ability to code. What this stopped was the person that randomly sent out job requests without applying themselves.

And without wanting to cause offence … If you only wanted a job that involved complex C programming, then the “de marketing” worked perfectly … That’s not the job, this is a Visual Basic job … and no VB.net won’t work as we are developing a cross platform app.

Thanks for the comments everyone

]]> By: Pavan http://stephenbaugh.com/2008/05/geek-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Pavan Sat, 17 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000 http://stephenbaugh.com/?p=42#comment-16 i don't think the argument is about what is better c#, vb, assembler, blah blah<br/><br/>Stephen is talking about marketing strategy. "Part of our marketing strategy is to always try and pre qualify and de-market to those that won't be a fit."<br/><br/>Note that they probably didn't want a backroom coder with no "soft" skills. They wanted someone who'd fit into their team and this was their approach. And its seems to have paid dividends. i don’t think the argument is about what is better c#, vb, assembler, blah blah

Stephen is talking about marketing strategy. “Part of our marketing strategy is to always try and pre qualify and de-market to those that won’t be a fit.”

Note that they probably didn’t want a backroom coder with no “soft” skills. They wanted someone who’d fit into their team and this was their approach. And its seems to have paid dividends.

]]> By: Eben http://stephenbaugh.com/2008/05/geek-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Eben Sat, 17 May 2008 09:06:00 +0000 http://stephenbaugh.com/?p=42#comment-15 I'm quite disturbed by the fact that you had to be a brilliant or great VB coder to discover a simple ROT13 algorithm to decode the email. All of the brilliant guys I know won't even bother with that since it's just not a challenge, then again none of them are VB coders. Give them obfuscated C with a real problem in there and then maybe they'll bite.<br/><br/>I'd hate to see the quality of the other coders. Then again I've never liked VB nor it's proponents, and don't give me that BS about how VB.net is just like C# - not in a million years. I’m quite disturbed by the fact that you had to be a brilliant or great VB coder to discover a simple ROT13 algorithm to decode the email. All of the brilliant guys I know won’t even bother with that since it’s just not a challenge, then again none of them are VB coders. Give them obfuscated C with a real problem in there and then maybe they’ll bite.

I’d hate to see the quality of the other coders. Then again I’ve never liked VB nor it’s proponents, and don’t give me that BS about how VB.net is just like C# – not in a million years.

]]> By: Anonymous http://stephenbaugh.com/2008/05/geek-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Anonymous Sat, 17 May 2008 09:04:00 +0000 http://stephenbaugh.com/?p=42#comment-14 I'm quite disturbed by the fact that you had to be a brilliant or great VB coder to discover a simple ROT13 algorithm to decode the email. All of the brilliant guys I know won't even bother with that since it's just not a challenge, then again none of them are VB coders. Give them obfuscated C with a real problem in there and then maybe they'll bite.<br/><br/>I'd hate to see the quality of the other coders. Then again I've never liked VB nor it's proponents, and don't give me that VB.net BS. I’m quite disturbed by the fact that you had to be a brilliant or great VB coder to discover a simple ROT13 algorithm to decode the email. All of the brilliant guys I know won’t even bother with that since it’s just not a challenge, then again none of them are VB coders. Give them obfuscated C with a real problem in there and then maybe they’ll bite.

I’d hate to see the quality of the other coders. Then again I’ve never liked VB nor it’s proponents, and don’t give me that VB.net BS.

]]> By: Anonymous http://stephenbaugh.com/2008/05/geek-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Anonymous Sat, 17 May 2008 08:16:00 +0000 http://stephenbaugh.com/?p=42#comment-13 i heard about this when i met the guys in the rot13('hx'). Great idea, and yes, I still miss that kebab shop at the top of the hill.<br/><br/>-- rot13('pni') i heard about this when i met the guys in the rot13(‘hx’). Great idea, and yes, I still miss that kebab shop at the top of the hill.

– rot13(‘pni’)

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