Well yesterday was interesting. I went to an MSD Job Fair at the Lincoln
Center Hotel. It was my job to interview people for a couple of our C#
Guru positions. I was known as the guy who could make people cry.
Reality, people just plain didn't know the answers to the questions I
was asking. To be a guru one must know everything about the language and
how things work internally. But, it is good to have a reputation as a
guru thereby granting some job security. I was there from 8 in the
morning to 7 in the evening. Talk about a long day. I remember in 1998 I
interviewed at the same convention center with Sprint. They flew me in
from Texas Tech, gave me a room and the next day some 200 college
students did massive interviewing with them. It was really for the Y2K
bug that they wanted so many people. I was given an offer from them but
luckily AT&T had given me a better one. I think back now to those days
and surely have come a long way. Whereas I once was the guy being
interviewed I am now the interviewer. I am a little hard on the people
who I interview because I look back at the ones that challenged me and
realized I used those questions to get better. Eventually I knew the
answers to all of the interview questions. It is kind of like Goldeneye
for the N64. I beat up on all my friends so that eventually they got
better than me. Boy they sure were mad at the beginning...

Thought of the Day
"Oh, I was unstoppable! Perfect combination of Mountain Dew and
mozzarella, with just the right amount of grease on the joystick."
- George, on his gaming skills, in "The Frogger"

// posted by Brian @ 8/17/2006 01:12:00 PM