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From: rcj@burl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jobs,net.wanted
Subject: Re: Syst. Prog. Position Available
Message-ID: <169@burl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Jun-83 09:13:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: burl.169
Posted: Thu Jun  2 09:13:05 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jun-83 22:26:50 EDT
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Organization: Western Electric, Burlington, NC
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Just a small hint for you guys out there trying to hire Unix wizards,
systems programmers, and the like:

You all seem to go into great detail about the hardware (i.e., Vax 11/780
with xxxx uP and 5 DEC rp05 4.5 Megabyte Drives with..... [the numbers
are probably all wrong, but you get my drift]).  Then you state that this
machine, which you have described in infinite detail, is running Unix.
Wow, Unix!!  Really!!??  What flavor of Unix?  A person who has worked
on USG Unix only might have a little bit of trouble with Berkeley.  The
difference between V7 Unix and Release 5.0 is incredible!!  Also, what
is the user population on the system; what is the average load that
I will have to contend with; etc.

I don't mean to flame anyone out, but I really feel that you should
either be totally cryptic and hope someone gets interested (not likely),
or give the prospective applicant some real idea of what he/she will be
getting into if he decides to go for the job.  Try to remember that
a systems type is basically software-oriented -- the difference between
a Vax 11/750 and a Vax 11/780 is not nearly as important to them as
the difference between flavors of Unix and different user populations
and applications.
--

The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291)
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