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sorry to spam you here (Score:2)
.. but I couldn't find any email adress to contact you directly...
At YAPC::Europe [yapceurope.org] we're going to do a Job Fair [yapceurope.org] - maybe Yahoo would like to participate?
If you're interested, send a mail to vienna2007@yapceurope.org
Decline in quality of perl applicants? (Score:1)
In any case, I suspect that the perception that the quality of available perl applicants is dropping has more to do with companies getting very paranoid about hiring perl programmers: they're adding more layers of interviews, and more detailed quizzing about different things. Myself, I find this personally frustrating because (a) I do terribly in oral exams and (b) the ability to do well in these quizzes has little to do with working as a p