Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site burl.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!allegra!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!rcj 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 References: <646@uw-beaver> Organization: Western Electric, Burlington, NC Lines: 25 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) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj