<div dir="ltr">Why not? It can't be a lot worse than the endless discussion about hamakor. Or is this a different list?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Amos Shapira <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amos.shapira@gmail.com" target="_blank">amos.shapira@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Please don't send this sort of stuff here.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 19 Jun 2014 19:12, "Shlomi Fish" <<a href="mailto:shlomif@gmail.com" target="_blank">shlomif@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br><br>in this URL:<br><br><a href="http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/Emma-Watson-applying-for-a-software-dev-job/" target="_blank">http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/Emma-Watson-applying-for-a-software-dev-job/</a><br>
<br>you can find a short satire titled “Emma Watson getting interviewed for a<br>software development position” under the CC-by-sa licence.<br><br>In case you don't know, Watson is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson</a> - a<br>
1990 born British actress and model, who rose to fame playing Hermione in the<br>Harry Potter films, and [quoting from the Wikipedia page] «In October 2013, she<br>was voted Sexiest Female Movie Star in a worldwide poll conducted by Empire<br>
magazine.[7] In May 2014, BuzzFeed dubbed her the "most flawless woman of the<br>decade".».<br><br>Now the question is: does she has what it takes to work as a Java Enterprise<br>Software developer… ;-)<br><br>
I also quoted the plaintext version below. Share and enjoy! <br>
<br>Regards,<br><br> Shlomi Fish<br><br>====================================<br><br><s id="EmWatson-interview-main" title="Emma Watson getting interviewed for a software developer job."><br><br>
[<br>This is satire and did not actually take place.<br><br>The year is 2014. <a href="<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson</a>">Emma<br>
Watson</a> - a British actress who rose to fame after playing Hermione Granger<br>
in the Harry Potter films - just graduated from Brown University with a degree<br>in English Literature. She decides to take a break from acting and find a<br>temporary job as a software developer. Here is an interview conducted with her.<br>
]<br><br><s id="EmWatson-interview-text" title="Transcript"><br><br>Interviewer: Hello Ms. Watson, your résumé indicates that you are<br>underqualified for a job here at Foobarbaznix Enterprise Software Enterprises,<br>
but we decided to give you a chance anyway. So why do you think we should hire<br>you?<br><br>EmWatson: Well, to be frank, I'm trying to get a lower-profile job now, to<br>take a break after graduating from Brown University with a degree in English<br>
Literature, and I figured out learning how to code properly may prove to be<br>a useful skill in this day and age.<br><br>Interviewer: English Literature, eh? What makes you think you are better than<br>all the Comp. Sci. grads we are hiring.<br>
<br>EmWatson: Well, reportedly <a href="<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra</a>">Dijkstra</a><br>said that good programming requires good writing and reading skills, and that<br>
he prefers hiring students of English and other humane subjects over students<br>of Computer Science, Mathematics or Electrical Engineering, because they tend<br>to write better code.<br><br>Interviewer: So you've heard about Dijkstra, eh? "GOTO Statement Considered<br>
Harmful!", hah, hah!<br><br>EmWatson: Well, that “considered harmful” choice of title was unfortunate<br>(and selected by Dijkstra’s editor), and he did not mean that GOTO should<br>never be used. So please do not take take it as gospel.<br>
<br>Interviewer: OK, back on topic: how much experience do you have in developing<br>enterprise software?<br><br>EmWatson: Not a lot, but I wrote some shell/Perl/Ruby/Python/etc. scripts, know<br>how to make a good use of my smartphone and home computer, and have done some<br>
simple HTML, CSS and JavaScript / jQuery / etc. web pages, and I know the<br>basics of how to use Git and GitHub (but I'm certainly not an expert in them).<br><br>Interviewer: So you don't have 5 years of experience in developing Java<br>
enterprise software?<br><br>EmWatson: I'm afraid not, sir.<br><br>Interviewer: OK. Here's another thing: why do you wish to become a low-paid<br>(for some values of low-paid) hired programmer, when it is well-known that<br>
you charge an obscene amount of money for each film you take part in?<br><br>EmWatson: Well, to paraphrase on the old Hollywood adage: “There are no<br>small jobs - only small workers.”. A good and resourceful person will make<br>
the best out of even the least esteemed job, like the fact that a good<br>waitress or waitor are friendly, express interest in the customers, take<br>their job seriously, are well-groomed, and show genuine interest in the<br>
business.<br><br>EmWatson: While I wouldn't object to work at a restaurant or a different<br>place that sells decent-or-better food, I think that I can learn much more by<br>becoming a coder. And like I said - I need a break.<br>
<br>Interviewer: I see… OK, next question, Ms. Watson: as you may well be aware<br>of you starred in the 8 Harry Potter films, despite the fact that they were<br>criticised as being bad. Why did you persist?<br><br>EmWatson: Well, there are several reasons, but the main one is that for an<br>
actor, it is better to play well (or even not so well) in a bad film, than<br>to not play at all. ”Publish or Perish”, like they say, which is also true<br>for the Academia, and, as you may well know, for the software world.<br>
<br>Interviewer: I see. Well we pride ourselves on releasing industrial-strength<br>and high-quality enterprise software.<br><br>EmWatson: I see. OK, I think I've heard enough. I'm not going to work for you<br>even for a thousand million dollars per month. I got a different offer from a<br>
nice consulting company as a Python/shell/Perl/etc. coder (you could say “code<br>monkey”). While the monthly wage is not spectacular, it seems like a decent<br>place to work while I'm taking a break from acting and modelling.<br>
<br>Interviewer: Fair enough, Ms. Watson, it was an interesting interview.<br><br>EmWatson: That's one way to put it. I think I'll go around your offices now,<br>asking if anyone wants a signed photograph, to take a photo of me and them<br>
together, or just to chat a little.<br><br>Interviewer: I guess that would be acceptable. Just make it quick.<br><br></s><br><br></s><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">------------------------------------------<br>
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