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Re:Going Beyond ‘Do You Know of Any Open Positions?’ by schmorptron on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:37PM (#36699627)
what does BAR mean in the context? couldn't find the acronym when searching
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Re:Going Beyond ‘Do You Know of Any Open Positions?’ by passwordoops on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:41PM (#36699695)
It's Foobar. See:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar

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Re:Going Beyond ‘Do You Know of Any Open Positions?’ by hopa on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:44PM (#36699753)
I think the idea is “BAR” is the opposite of “FOO”, it doesn’t actually stand for anything, it’s just “bar” jobs you actually want, rather than “foo” experience you list in your resume.
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Re:Going Beyond ‘Do You Know of Any Open Positions?’ by schmorptron on Thursday July 13, 2023 @05:59AM (#36706930)
thanks!
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