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• I'm writing about this now (Score:2)

  by petdance (2468)

  I was writing about this very topic in my book last night. The instructions given in the ad are the very first assignment given to you by the new employer, and not following them to the letter tells the employer that you are unable or unwilling to follow instructions.

  This applies across the board, but my specific example was about sending in your resume in a format other than Word when the ad asks for Word documents.

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  • Re:I'm writing about this now (Score:2)

    by petdance (2468) <andy@petdance.com> on 2007.10.01 11:50 (#58139) Homepage Journal

    That being said, I couldn't possibly send you the worst code I've ever written, as I no longer have it. I've written tons of crap in my 30+ years of programming, and possess a relatively small percentage of code from my past.

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      by Alias (5735)

      I think I've managed to keep everything from my 10 years so far, the good the bad and the ugly. Fortunately I started when the age of pervasive version control had already begun.