Re: [Perl Jobs] inexperienced developer wanted (onsite), United

Please, if I may make a clarification as to why I posted a job for an
*inexperienced* developer.

When I got out of college, there were precious few IT/Development jobs
available in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. All the ones that existed
required mounds of heaping experience or were not related to my area of
interest. I wanted to be a developer, not a low-level PC technician.
Nothing against low-level techs, it's just not what I wanted to do. 

After spending almost a year wandering as a technician, I found
PlatinumTel. They were hungry for intelligent ambitious developers. They
gave me a chance, just same as everybody else here. I've found it to be
very rewarding. Yeah, the pay's not great. But I make more than every
single guy I go the bar with. Those are my friends and the people I like
to hang around. I don't care if I don't retire by the time I'm 30. I
just want a challenging (and believe me it is) job where I can make
decisions on what I want to work on and when I want to work on it.

Now, we extend the same chance that I got to my fellow geeks. We want
someone who is tired of being a technician and looking for some "real
hard core work."

As for the argument of looking for a "Junior" programmer, that's exactly
what it is. I wanted to post a job description bereft of marketing hype
and straight to the point. I failed in some areas, and succeeded in
others. And as far as the "bedazzle ..." comment, I was looking for some
examples. PHP programmers aren't usually perl programmers, but they can
be converted.

I am glad, however, that this job posting has generated discussion,
which was the second reason for the post. I mean, seriously, how many
job descriptions include the work "inexperienced"?

As far as talent goes, just show us you are willing to learn. That's the
key factor. There is a lot to the prepaid (or as the marketing people
like to say pay-as-you-go) telecom industry, and we are expanding into
every single market.

If you come here looking for experience, you will get it. If you come
here looking for a job in which you can retire comfortable in 10 years,
you'll get it. The point is, PlatinumTel is a young company and we're
trying to get today's youth involved.