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

[Chris Parsons]

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