Response to recruiter

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I am not interested in this position.

Also, here are a few pieces of advice for your career as a recruiter.

(1) To contact a potential candidate, choose one medium instead of
contacting me on LinkedIn, via email, and calling me all within 5 minutes.
 If I'm interested, I'll respond to one contact method. Doing all of them
is annoying.

(2) Be sure to use your potential candidates name properly. You left me a
voice mail this morning addressing me as "Michael". My name is not Michael.

(3) Don't call people before 9AM in their own time zone. You called me and
woke me up at 6:20 AM this morning. I didn't answer, I just got angry and
turned the phone off. I had a late night last night, and I wanted to sleep
in until 7:30AM, when I had to get up and get my son ready for school.
Since I couldn't get back to sleep after the phone call, you basically
stole one hour of sleep from me. You obviously had access to my LinkedIn
profile, and if you had read it you'd know that I've been in California for
the past 2 years.

(4) People working in Silicon Vally will never, ever move to Columbus, Ohio
for a contract position.

 \m/ (>.<) \m/
matthew taylor
programmer @ numenta



On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:53 AM, <name withheld>wrote:

> Hello Matthew,
>
> Iam <<name withheld>> with XYZ technologies, And I wanted to inquire if you're
> currently available for new opportunities in. Columbus, OH. Please advice
> your interest and please go through the job details.
>
> PURPOSE of POSITION:
>
> =95 Work on a team performing multiple phases of the software development
> lifecycle, from scope and proposal through software construction and
> testing.
> =95 Role includes meeting with customers to understand their business
> processes and needs with the objective of determining solutions to suppor=
t
> the business.
> =95 This will sometimes require filling multiple roles to turn the
> customers=92 needs into an actual solution.
> =95 Desire and proven background in production fixes.
> =95 Passion for troubleshooting, fixing and correcting issues on mission
> critical system.
> =95 Takes initiative, owns issues from start to finish, proactive
> communicator.
> =95 Daily activities include changes to code at the unit level, but also
> design and architecture changes as needed.
>
> MAJOR DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES and ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
>
> =95 Develop high-quality, production ready and standards compliant web
> presentation code
> =95 Develop code that is cross-browser, UI compatible and troubleshoot
> associated issues
> =95 Develop UI that is compatible with Grails services or external web
> services
> =95 Participate as a member of a team developing state of the art consume=
r
> web applications
> =95 Deliver rich user interfaces in accordance to design specifications,
> user interface style guides and established usability standards
> =95 Work with the development team to effectively integrate the presentat=
ion
> tier with the application and resource tiers
> =95 Maintain cutting edge knowledge of emerging technologies, trends and
> standards, browser capabilities, compatibility issues, standards complian=
ce
> and accessibility issues
>
> ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
>
> =95 Bachelor's Degree
> =95 Course of Study/Major: CS, CE, CIS, IS, MIS, or similar, or equivalen=
t
> experience.
> =95 Related Work Experience:
> =95 3-5+ years experience in web application development
> =95 Web UI development using Groovy Grails, Javascript/AJAX, CSS, and SQL
> =95 Experience with MVC Architecture
> =95 Experience working with security authorization / authentication
> =95 Strong working knowledge developing cross-browser compatibility for w=
eb
> applications
> =95 Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment and work on project=
s
> against deadlines
> =95 Demonstrated strong logical and technical problem-solving skills.
> =95 Demonstrated ability to learn and quickly comprehend new concepts.
> =95 Demonstrated strong judgment and decision-making ability.
> =95 Passion and ability in providing excellent customer service.
> =95 Experience in multiple software development lifecycle phases, includi=
ng
> scope and proposal, analysis, design, and software construction.
> =95 Experience planning and breaking down a task into sub-tasks and
> estimating effort to perform the work.
> =95 Familiarity with various requirements gathering techniques.
> =95 Familiarity with software usability concepts.
> =95 Experience facilitating meetings with multiple customers and technica=
l
> staff, including building consensus and mediating compromises when
> necessary.
> =95 Software prototyping experience.
>
> DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
>
> =95 Experience working with Spring Batch Frameworks
> =95 Development using jQuery, webspherere / app server (tomcat, apache,
> etc.), and EJB (3.0 a plus)
> =95 Experience developing Grails services
> =95 Experience in a software development or business analysis role.
> =95 Experience with additional software development technologies and
> methodologies.
> =95 Knowledge of multi-tier system development.
> =95 Knowledge of Web Services development using WebLogic or similar
> application server.
> =95 Knowledge of additional software lifecycle phases including testing,
> deployment, maintenance
>
> Thanks,
> --
> <<name withheld>>

Columbus OH is the tech hub of the world! :)