My sojourn into the world of job seeking has come to an end and gainful employment is mine once again. I now work for these people. Vamosa is part of Marcat which is owned by the people that used to run Gamut who used to employ me several years ago. Its very pleasant to be working in a dynamic atmosphere once again. The lack of customer activity at Appropria had become very demoralising and understandably the mood had become rather heavy.
One of the worst things about looking for jobs are recruitment agents. Now there are good agents out there and I have even been found work by them but there are also a very large number who know nothing about IT or the jobs they are trying to fill. Instead they get by using key phrases and words and simply try and match the words in the job advert with those on your cv. The other delightful trick they employ will be familiar to anyone who has ever had contact with an estate agent. The "talking up" of jobs and positions, so that for example Tea Boy becomes a position with great potential for growth, is rife. At least I am free of their attentions again.
The manuscripts of E.W Dijkstra have recently been published. Dijkstra is one of the founding fathers of modern IT and there is some great stuff here. For anyone working as a software developer this article is a great read.
Posted by Mark at July 10, 2003 10:55 AM