It is helpful to know whom you are targeting in your job hunt.
As programmers, we laugh our guts out when we see job listings for a C programmer or Perl programmer, etc. because we know that anyone worth his or her salt should be able to pick up a new language quickly. After all, these languages are Turing complete. You can only express a for loop or an if statement in so many ways.
Those of us in the know realize that you want to hire for domain knowledge. I mean, I've been programming in C for 10 years, but if someone asked me to write medical imaging software in C, my language background is useless because I don't understand the problem.
When you hire a permanent employee, it obviously makes sense to hire for attitude and aptitude, since tech skills become obsolete so quickly. However, in defense of these job postings that have hyper-specific, buzz word laden requirements, I should point out that many are from recruting firms (head hunters). Their clients call them and say, "We need an experienced programmer that already knows C++ and can start work THIS WEEK because the project is already late/fubared/etc." Their clients often don't have time for you to inhale the O'Reilly book. They are desperate for someone to fix their problem immediately.
You can either communicate the password to the recipient out-of-band or provide a password hint that only the recipient knows ("What's the name of the restaurant we ate at least week?").
I use ziplip.com. It's a free web-based email service that lets you send encrypted messages.
The beauty is that your recipients don't have to be ZipLip users or have special software. The system emails them a link that allows them to pick up their secure message (think e-cards).
You can buy active noise reduction (ANR) headphones that cancel the low-frequency, repetitive noise of motors, fans, engines, etc. by generating anti-noise that is 180 degrees out of phase.
Do a Google search for "NCT noisebuster". They're about $40.
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It is helpful to know whom you are targeting in your job hunt.
As programmers, we laugh our guts out when we see job listings for a C programmer or Perl programmer, etc. because we know that anyone worth his or her salt should be able to pick up a new language quickly. After all, these languages are Turing complete. You can only express a for loop or an if statement in so many ways.
Those of us in the know realize that you want to hire for domain knowledge. I mean, I've been programming in C for 10 years, but if someone asked me to write medical imaging software in C, my language background is useless because I don't understand the problem.
When you hire a permanent employee, it obviously makes sense to hire for attitude and aptitude, since tech skills become obsolete so quickly. However, in defense of these job postings that have hyper-specific, buzz word laden requirements, I should point out that many are from recruting firms (head hunters). Their clients call them and say, "We need an experienced programmer that already knows C++ and can start work THIS WEEK because the project is already late/fubared/etc." Their clients often don't have time for you to inhale the O'Reilly book. They are desperate for someone to fix their problem immediately.
You can either communicate the password to the recipient out-of-band or provide a password hint that only the recipient knows ("What's the name of the restaurant we ate at least week?").
HushMail requires that both parties have a HushMail account. With ZipLip, only the sender needs a ZipLip account.
I use ziplip.com. It's a free web-based email service that lets you send encrypted messages. The beauty is that your recipients don't have to be ZipLip users or have special software. The system emails them a link that allows them to pick up their secure message (think e-cards).
You can buy active noise reduction (ANR) headphones that cancel the low-frequency, repetitive noise of motors, fans, engines, etc. by generating anti-noise that is 180 degrees out of phase. Do a Google search for "NCT noisebuster". They're about $40.