Douglas Crockford now at PayPal

Re:Douglas Crockford now at PayPal by zg on Sunday May 13, 2012 @06:55AM (#3966670)

Slightly worrying to see the conversation in the twitter widget between Bill Scott and a Techcrunch editor about this story where he has to explain that Java is not the same as JavaScript...

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Re:Douglas Crockford now at PayPal by atomical on Sunday May 13, 2012 @08:22AM (#3966809)

Common problem in the tech world. I have this conversation with every tech recruiter I talk to.

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Re:Douglas Crockford now at PayPal by ExpiredLink on Sunday May 13, 2012 @11:12AM (#3967191)

I have seen programmers who worked in both languages but couldn't tell the difference.

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Re:Douglas Crockford now at PayPal by mkopinsky on Sunday May 13, 2012 @01:00PM (#3967485)

Such programmers have actually worked in neither.

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Re:Douglas Crockford now at PayPal by driverdan on Sunday May 13, 2012 @03:33PM (#3968004)

Why would you even bother talking to them? I'd hang up / kick them out.

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Re:Douglas Crockford now at PayPal by atomical on Sunday May 13, 2012 @09:01PM (#3968947)

You just have to hope that their 'client' knows their shit and can tell the difference. But in short, it's useful to use recruiters for opportunities that aren't on the job boards and to poll the market.

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