My second favorite recruitment call...

[elfs]

My second favorite recruitment call always involves this exchange:

"Are you familiar with the Apache web server program?"

"I hope so. I helped write it."

"You did?" This is always said in a tone of intense surprise.

I put on the world-weary tone: "I helped write the logging and tracking plugins that shipped with Apache version 1. The Apache web server is an open source project with thousands of contributors. You're bound to call one of us, once in a while."

It never ceases to amaze me that recruiters looking for open-source developers are surprised when they find contributors to open-source projects.

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[gromm.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's the problem. So few applicants actually have the experience they're looking for.