sherry listgarten sherrytimestencom misc rants finding jobs java vs c makes good programmer etc okay hmm thought twice hey jobs hard come theres company hiring mountain view looking good hackers java gui even c c linux networking good old stuff like raised wad money theyre looking really good programmers says cto know smart guy drives fast though thats worth joe bob says check id happy pass resume send straight probably wont matter pass since dont know guys anyway httpwwwnetlicom sherry original message joseph barrera iii mailtojoebarreraorg sent tuesday august 27 2002 858 adam l beberg cc forkspamassassintaintorg subject java kiddies adam l beberg wrote forwarding stuff list hardly handing job talking open reqs kana company work oh programming java beneath nope lacking years years silly reason people always want things reliable fast crossplatform employers forced code c c reliable java crossplatform c exists platforms java program much easier move one platform another im sure mean im trying fight language war im puzzled depth antijava hatred know lots high school kiddies plenty java tho teach people pointers optimization anything shaves years coder boot time ill send way graduate pointers language pointers real references dont count gather whats great pointers miss embedded stuff fine yes need performance control memory c provides probably implementing tier n1 tier n system pounding database java often reasonable choice especially want system run without leaking memory optimization says cant optimize java good tools allow use optimizeit usually find optimizing reducing database accesses instead sped one part system factor ten grouping operations fewer transactions beside point decent c experience poked around java able convince employers trusted writing java thats mean joined kana microsoft didnt exactly write lot java code microsoft im displeased youre trying help frustrated employers demand rediculous combinations skills insane years experience dont think ive ever interviewed place actually met prerequisites give dont interview tommorow kodak idea recruiter isnt even sure cross fingers wont require 10 years java 5 years windowsia64s device driver experience common requirements wish best luck apologies bitch god damn piss sometimes son occasionally displays cantdo attitude damnest get reverse course joe wed 4 sep 2002 195836 0700 java kiddies