Comments on: The Where’s Waldo of Red Flags http://crankydba.com/2009/09/30/the-wheres-waldo-of-red-flags/ Mike Hillwig thinks you're entitled to his opinion. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marlon Ribunal http://crankydba.com/2009/09/30/the-wheres-waldo-of-red-flags/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Marlon Ribunal Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:38:23 +0000 http://thecrankydba.com/?p=286#comment-49 The ad is simply looking for an admin assistant (fast typist!) with admin skills (e.g. DB/System Admin). And, oh, the ad didn't mention they are willing to pay up to $12.00 per hour. They can give you $15.00 if you know programming. The ad is simply looking for an admin assistant (fast typist!) with admin skills (e.g. DB/System Admin). And, oh, the ad didn’t mention they are willing to pay up to $12.00 per hour. They can give you $15.00 if you know programming.

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://crankydba.com/2009/09/30/the-wheres-waldo-of-red-flags/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Brent Ozar Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:28:08 +0000 http://thecrankydba.com/?p=286#comment-48 I laughed at their required skills list. You can pick maybe 3-4 of those skills and hire it at $85k, but not all of the above. All of those skills combined is a ridiculously expensive job because of the rules of supply and demand. "Recompile a Visual Basic application" - seriously? I have this vision of somebody with 4 monitors running SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager (shudder), Visual Studio, and a bunch of terminal windows. It's like the Matrix, only without the sexy costar. I laughed at their required skills list. You can pick maybe 3-4 of those skills and hire it at $85k, but not all of the above. All of those skills combined is a ridiculously expensive job because of the rules of supply and demand. “Recompile a Visual Basic application” – seriously? I have this vision of somebody with 4 monitors running SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager (shudder), Visual Studio, and a bunch of terminal windows. It’s like the Matrix, only without the sexy costar.

]]> By: Michael Swart http://crankydba.com/2009/09/30/the-wheres-waldo-of-red-flags/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Michael Swart Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:20:42 +0000 http://thecrankydba.com/?p=286#comment-47 The SQL problem at the end seemed mismatched with the job description. It's as if an advertisement for an artist-in-residence wanted applicants to demonstrate they can hold a crayon. Or draw a happy face. The SQL problem at the end seemed mismatched with the job description.
It’s as if an advertisement for an artist-in-residence wanted applicants to demonstrate they can hold a crayon. Or draw a happy face.

]]> By: SQLRockstar http://crankydba.com/2009/09/30/the-wheres-waldo-of-red-flags/comment-page-1/#comment-46 SQLRockstar Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:08:33 +0000 http://thecrankydba.com/?p=286#comment-46 The ad describes 3 (possibly 4) full time jobs. That means you will get, at best, someone who knows a little bit about a lot, but not enough to do anything well. The end result is a lot of stuff done half-assed. Imagine if you advertised to build a house and said you wanted someone to come in and do the plumbing, the electrical, the framing, the roofing, the landscaping, etc. do you know why a general contractor hires out for each of those tasks? And this is a good reason for me to never use that service, if they look to cut corners on staff, where else do they cut corners? The ad describes 3 (possibly 4) full time jobs. That means you will get, at best, someone who knows a little bit about a lot, but not enough to do anything well. The end result is a lot of stuff done half-assed.

Imagine if you advertised to build a house and said you wanted someone to come in and do the plumbing, the electrical, the framing, the roofing, the landscaping, etc. do you know why a general contractor hires out for each of those tasks?

And this is a good reason for me to never use that service, if they look to cut corners on staff, where else do they cut corners?

]]> By: Wendy http://crankydba.com/2009/09/30/the-wheres-waldo-of-red-flags/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Wendy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:34:57 +0000 http://thecrankydba.com/?p=286#comment-45 My favorite is "kill customer requests and inform them". HA! My favorite is “kill customer requests and inform them”. HA!

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