[LRUG] I Love Ruby

[Riccardo Tacconi]

Although I do not smoke, I think I could be in that niche group of
developers :-)

However I agree with Mr. Gray, especially for misspelling "espresso" :-)


On 16 July 2013 10:42, Louis Goff-Beardsley <louisror at gmail.com> wrote:

> Targeting a niche subset of developers who are keen to drink steadily
> throughout the day in the company of European women. Genius.****
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> Maybe consider letting developers smoke at their desks?****
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> Best****
>
> *Louis Goff-Beardsley*
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>
> *“You know I'm not a fan of recruitment consultants, right? @LouisRoR is
> good. You should talk to him if you're looking for Ruby work or staff”  **Paul
> Robinson – Senior Ruby-on-Rails Developer & CTO - @P7R*<https://twitter.com/p7r/status/291537402084864001>
> **
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> http://goo.gl/WvuTj ****
>
> [Louis Goff-Beardsley]****
>
>    > Ultra-Specialised Independent Ruby-on-Rails Recruitment.****
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>    > Software Sales, Business Development & AC Acquisition for the RoR
> community.****
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>    > LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley****
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>    > Skype: LouisGB1 - Googletalk/Jabba: LouisRoR at gmail.com****
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>    > Email: LouisRoR at gmail.com ****
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>    > Mobile:  07449 324 851 ¦ Land Line: 01183 xxx xxx****
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>    > Twitter:@LouisRoR <https://twitter.com/#!/LouisRoR> – Below is ASCII
> Art that will go totally wrong in plain text :(****
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> IRC: LouisRoR - irc.freenode.org #LRUG, #NWRUG, #ruby, #rubyonrails****
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> *“I was speaking to [Senior Ruby Developer] recently about a variety of
> things and he mentioned your name. In fact he recommended you as a
> recruiter. *Actually* recommended too, not as in "he's not as evil as the
> rest", but as in "you really should speak to this guy first"”***
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> *From:* chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org [mailto:chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org] *On
> Behalf Of *James Coglan
> *Sent:* 16 July 2013 09:14
> *To:* richard at evvnt.com
> *Cc:* London Ruby Users Group; ali.najaf at gmail.com
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> *Subject:* Re: [LRUG] I Love Ruby****
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> On 16 July 2013 08:27, Richard Green <richard at evvnt.com> wrote:****
>
> Ali - option 1 all the way.****
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> I'm not going to get into what you meant here, since I've no way of
> knowing. I can only speak to how you've presented yourself, so just take
> this as a writing tip:****
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> The reason this comes off so badly is that you've put 'female devs' in a
> list of what are essentially job perks and means of compensation, which
> presents them as a commodity. You may have meant well but the context gives
> that line an objectifying tone, for both sexual and racial/nationality
> reasons.****
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> If it is indeed your intention to show off your diverse, welcoming team,
> that sentence creates the exact opposite effect. It pays to be more verbose
> and context-aware sometimes.****
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