This may be stupid but.

neal rauhauser neal at lists.rauhauser.net
Mon Nov 10 14:22:34 UTC 2003




    Well, FORK YOU AND THE PACKET YOU WERE ENCAPSULATED IN!


    This is just priceless ... I am going to send the guy a note and 
find out where he is working these days :-)




Doug Luce wrote:
> This person obviously didn't understand the security implications
> associated with handing out your public SSH key.
> 
> Also, to those that have been asking: the semi-automated test environment
> was dismantled about the same time we filled the position, so we don't
> have it available to go through.
> 
> Doug
> 
> 
> From: "imp mis" <impmis at hotmail.com>
> To: jobs at telerama.com
> Bcc:
> Subject: Unix/Internet Systems Administration Position
> 
> so you want my public ssh key or you won't consider me for you're position??
> 
> FUCK YOU!!!!!!!
> 
> how's that????
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, neal rauhauser wrote:
> 
> 
>>
>>
>>  Doug,
>>
>>
>>    Don't tease - you absolutely owe us the full text of the response
>>from the fellow who was upset about your asking for a public SSH key as
>>part of the interview process.
>>
>>
>>                         Neal
>>
>>
>>Doug Luce wrote:
>>
>>>I rely on recruiters to funnel applicants to the company.  I also use
>>>Monster and jobs.perl.org to do the same.  But I don't rely on them top
>>>do much weeding.
>>>
>>>These days, I used semi-automated remote testing to find the good
>>>guys.  I put very little faith in resumes, and do not use them to
>>>evaluate candidates.  This has worked out extremely well.  I imagine
>>>that this process is not suitable for many positions, or for cultures
>>>that are different from Telerama's.
>>>
>>>Check out the job posting at https://doug.telerama.com/admin_job.txt
>>>
>>>In particular:
>>>
>>>  DO NOT SEND YOUR RESUME at this point of the application process. If
>>>  you do send your resume, we will assume you did not bother to
>>>  carefully read this job posting, and we will not consider your
>>>  application.
>>>
>>>  To begin taking the tests, please send your public SSH key to
>>>  jobs at telerama.com along with your email contact information. Sending
>>>  your SSH key is the only way to signal your interest in this
>>>  position. Please do not send a resume, cover letter, or other plea.
>>>
>>>The last time I posted this, I received 200 total replies.  151
>>>contained resumes, 52 contained public SSH keys, 4 contained public
>>>PGP keys, and 1 contained a private SSH key.
>>>
>>>One further response expressed hostility toward the requirement of a
>>>candidate's public SSH key in order to be considered for a position.
>>>
>>>Doug
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>"After all that I've been through, you're the only one who matters,
>>you never left me in the dark here on my own" - Widespread Panic
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 


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