further random questions from the newly-unemployed

John Chambers jc at trillian.mit.edu
Wed Nov 20 11:35:56 EST 2002


Jonathan Arnold wrote:
| I dunno that I'd want a job at a place that can't figure out how to
| read an RTF file! Any more than I'd want a job at a place that required
| me to wear a tie. I know in this climate it's hard for beggars to be
| choosers, but ya gotta draw the line somewhere, don't you?)

Well, I'd think that the real problem is:  If they want  MS
Word  format, that implies that they're pretty much a total
MS shop. If they really used other systems, they'd be aware
of the problems with Word docs.  So unless you're a Windows
hacker, you'd probably be a minor player with no connection
to management.

This is probably fine if you want to be a linux (or BSD  or
whatever) missionary. But it could just be frustrating. And
since you'd be marginal, you'd be one of the  first  to  be
fired when there's a reorg.




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