[LRUG] Code samples: To do or not to do

[Vahagn Hayrapetyan]

@Chris:


> Note to group: I sent the above message privately today to try to help
> further Vahagn's career, but since he has chosen to bring this out to a
> public forum:


I'm using Gmail for subscription to this forum, so your message appeared in
the same cascading group as the other messages in this topic. I didn't
notice it was directed to me only. Having said that, you're probably right:
we shouldn't bother the group with the details.

/ Vahagn

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Chris Parsons
<chris at edendevelopment.co.uk>wrote:

> On 7 Apr 2009, at 15:13, Vahagn Hayrapetyan wrote:
>
>  @Chris:
>> Let me know if you need any more detail from us on why we decided not to
>> call you for interview.
>>
>
> Note to group: I sent the above message privately today to try to help
> further Vahagn's career, but since he has chosen to bring this out to a
> public forum:
>
>  As a matter of fact, I'm not very bothered about that. I applied, sent you
>> some code (more than 2-3 lines), and even offered you a bargain on the
>> "price tag". You were not interested. I am not interested in why. I don't
>> compete on the price and once a potential employer goes below a certain
>> price level, I automatically stop worrying about that particular
>> opportunity.
>>
>
> Ouch.
>
> @Vahagn: my intention was not to offend you. There are many reasons for
> choosing a salary to offer and I think carefully before giving any figure to
> a prospective employee. I do this to make sure it's a fair reflection of the
> value I believe that employee would offer to our specific company. Your
> skillset may well be a better fit in a different company: I would expect
> them to make you a higher offer. Although you have said you aren't
> interested, I'm happy to speak further privately should you want to in
> future, rather than boring the group with specifics.
>
>  However, if you have some points that you believe would benefit the
>> discussion here, you're welcome to bring them up. Maybe we can get wiser,
>> collectively.
>>
>
> Well, I'm very happy to discuss salary decision processes if people are
> interested. I believe ours is fair and reasonable. I'm certainly not
> interested in hiring 'cheap' people or competing solely on price, as appears
> to be inferred by the above remarks.
>
>
> Chris
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